Macinnes achieves Olympic dream after stunning world champion

AN emotional Keanna Macinnes confessed it was a dream come true after she booked her Olympic swimming debut on the opening night of the British trials in London.

The 22-year-old from Livingston stunned recently-crowned world champion Laura Stephens by surging to victory over the closing length of the 200 metres butterfly final. The time of 2:07.24 was inside British Swimming’s consideration time and guarantees the starlet will be in Paris in July.

“This has been the dream for my entire swimming career,” Macinnes said. “The most difficult thing about that race was the fact that there were two other really good girls there. So I knew there was potential that I could do a massive personal best and go well under the consideration time and still not qualify. I’m just so pleased that wasn’t the case.”

Her Stirling University team-mate Lucy Hope secured a relay spot in Paris at least with a late rally to snatch fourth place in the 200 metres freestyle final. Freya Colbert took the title but the top four combined to go inside the 4x200 relay qualifying mark for Paris of 7:07.40.

Adam Peaty sent out a message to his rivals that he is back to his best and hunting a hat-trick of Olympic golds in the 100m breaststroke. The 14-time world record holder routed the field with a time of 57.94 secs in the final with James Wilby nudging out Scots hope Archie Goodburn for silver.

Paralympic medallist Scott Quin is set to call it quits after he was pipped into second by Harry Stewart in the para 100m breaststroke to miss out on a Paris place.