On a magnificent final day in Reykjavik the British disability swim team won six Gold, six Silver and two Bronze medals to finish top of the medal table. Lincoln Vulcan’s Rob Welbourn added a Gold and a Bronze to bring his personal medal tally to five.

Rob was seeded 4^th following the heats of the 100m freestyle and knew he had his work cut out to be in the medals, particularly as a flu type virus he had suffered a couple of weeks prior to the meet meant that with the exception of the 50m freestyle, his performances were just marginally down on his personal bests. Ludwig of Germany and Levecq of Spain tied for the Gold but another brilliant final 50m from Rob saw him move up from 5^th at the turn to snatch the Bronze from van der Zanden. The winning time was 54.44 just 4 100ths outside Rob’s European record of 54.40. Rob said afterwards that he was slightly disappointed with his time, but in the circumstances delighted with a bronze medal.

In the 4x100 freestyle relay GB have been dominant since well before the Paralympic Games in Athens. However, with senior team member Dave Roberts out injured there was a very real prospect of that unbeaten record coming to an end. Jonathon Fox had improved his personal best dramatically in the 100m freestyle earlier in the week and as a consequence was given the nod to replace Roberts. A concerned 50 strong group of GB supporters need not have worried however as Rob dived in for his now customary final leg marginally in first place and held off the battling Leveqc of Spain to take Gold a full 2 seconds ahead, with the Ukraine beating Germany to the Bronze medal position.

Rob flies home today (Monday) but will have no time to rest as he must immediately start his preparations for a World Short Course Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro towards the end of November.