Bethany Firth hopes to finally get round to planning her honeymoon after completing her medal collection by adding a Commonwealth gold to her multiple Paralympic, World Championship and European honours.
It was Team NI’s first gold of the Birmingham Games and the night got even better with Daniel Wiffen winning a silver medal in the 1500m freestyle while heptathlete Kate O’Connor also won silver at Alexander Stadium.
For the first time at the Commonwealth Games Firth’s specialist discipline was included and the Seaforde swimmer started as a heavy favourite and she didn’t disappoint, controlling the race from start to finish and beating England’s Jessica Applegate by over a second.
