Benjamin Franklin, one of the United States of America’s founding fathers, coined the phrase ‘the only things that are certain in life are death and taxes'. Bethany Firth leaving a major tournament with a handful of medals could be added to Franklin’s short list of absolute certainties.
The Seaford swimmer departed the World Championships in Madeira last week with five gold medals. That impressive tally goes along with her six Paralympic gold and three silver medals were accumulated over three games in London, Rio and Tokyo.
But there is one medal missing from Firth’s glittering collection and the she is hoping to rectify that this summer. Firth will represent Team NI in Birmingham hoping to win her first Commonwealth Games medal.
