Long of the United States, Canada's Grand'Maison and Brazilian Brasil attended a media conference at the Parc Jean Drapeau Aquatic Complex in Montreal where they backed the initiative and were among many swimmers who wore green SNTD swimming caps and temporary tattoos displaying the SNTD and IPC logos.

"I don't think I could feel well when I won a gold medal knowing that I have cheated," said Long, the current world record holder in 13 Paralympic events.

"It's a fair game; we all want to play fair, we all want to race fair.

"So I think it is so important to have a day like this."

Seven-time Paralympic gold medallist Brasil said: "The important thing for me is when I retire I will be able to look back and say I competed by playing fair and competing clean, so I will be able to be proud of myself."

The swimmers were joined at the press conference by IPC President Sir Philip Craven and WADA director general David Howman, who gave their full support to the new campaign.

"Through its Athlete Outreach Programme and the Say NO! to Doping initiative that we promoted in Montreal today, WADA and its partners have been able to educate athletes and provide them with an opportunity to interact with anti-doping experts on a one-on-one basis," Howman said.

"With the support of the IPC and CCES (Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport), this week's IPC Swimming World Championships provided an ideal platform to communicate this campaign and its fair play message to hundreds of athletes from right across the swimming world."


Day two in the pool saw Long begin her Championships campaign in style, touching in at 2 minutes 37.11 seconds to win the SM8 200 metres individual medley, ahead of Britain's Stephanie Slater and Russian rival Olesya Vladykina respectively.

There was further success for the US as Ian Silverman secured his first World Championship crown in the men's S10 400m freestyle, while Russia's Ulyana Kuznetsova also won her maiden World Championship gold in the women's SB7 100m breaststroke.

Australian Matthew Cowdrey claimed his second and third gold medals of the Championships as he added the S9 50m freestyle and 200m individual medley titles to the 100m freestyle crown he won the previous day.

Cowdrey's teammate Blake Cochrane added world gold to his London 2012 Paralympic crown as he powered to victory in the SB7 100m breaststroke, breaking his own world record in the process with a time of 1min 17.83sec.

New Zealand's Mary Fisher added another gold to her collection from day one as she set an Oceania record of 31.36 on her way to victory in the women's S11 50m freestyle, while Norway's Sarah Louise Rung repeated the feat by adding the S5 200m freestyle crown to the 50m butterfly she bagged on the first day.

And the 23-year-old was not finished there, as she added her third gold of the Championships with victory in the SB4 100m breaststroke.


In the women's S4 50m backstroke, the Netherlands' Lisette Teunissen collected gold in a repeat of her performance at London 2012, finishing ahead of Brazilian Edenia Garcia, the 2010 champion, while Juan Bai of China set an Asian record of 53:87 finishing third, while the women's S9 50m freestyle saw just 0.13 separating the top three with Spain's Sarai Gascón Moreno just edging it to claim her first World Championship title in a time of 29:32

The men's S4 50m backstroke was another close affair that eventually saw reigning world and Paralympic champion Juan Reyes of Mexico rule supreme once again, touching in ahead of Czech Arnošt Petráček and compatriot Gustavo Sánchez Martínez.

Another Mexican swimmer just missed out on gold in the men's SB2 50m breaststroke as Arnulfo Castorena finished behind Greece's Ioannis Kostakis, while in the women's event Germany's Vera Thamm was just 0.04 from setting a world record as she touched home in a time of 1:12.66.

Brazil's Daniel Dias retained the S5 200m freestyle title he won in Eindhoven and Russia's Roman Makarov followed suit in the S12 100m butterfly, another Russian, Darya Stukolova, topped the podium in the women's event.

Paralympic champion Élodie Lorandi of France continued her strong showing in Montreal with a world record time of 4:32.79 in the S10 400m freestyle, while Ukrainian Paralympic and world champion Oleksii Fedyna also set a new world record in the men's SB13 100m breaststroke  with a time of 1:03:58.

The Ukraine's Yevheniy Bohodayko also became a Paralympic and world title holder after he touched home first in the SB6 100m breaststroke to better his silver from 2010, while Oliver Hynd of Britain became another member of that exclusive club as he claimed victory in the SM8 200m individual medley.

"It feels absolutely amazing and it's a dream come true to have all three titles," said Hynd, who is also the reigning European champion.

"It was a tough race and painful in the end but I love to race so it was fun and I enjoyed it.

"It was really special hearing the national anthem at London last year and it's fantastic to be in that same position again here."


There was a clean sweep of medals for Britain in the women's SM9 200m individual medley, with Amy Marren, who turns 15 tomorrow, leading home teammates Stephanie Millward and Claire Cashmore in a time of 2:33.95.

"I can honestly say it's the best birthday present ever," said a delighted Marren.

"I've finished tonight on a high ahead of a rest day tomorrow and I'm absolutely over the moon.

"I could have hoped for a bit faster on the time but I'm not complaining with a gold medal at all.

"My tactic was just to give it my all the whole race and not fall asleep as my coach would put it.

"I've been training hard on this event over the past year and pushed myself to the absolute limit so I'm really happy tonight."

In the women's SB13 100m breaststroke London 2012 gold medallist Elena Krawzow of Germany prevailed, while Brazil's Susana Ribeiro finished ahead of Paralympic champion Viktoriia Savtsova of Ukraine to win the women's SB6 100m breaststroke.

The men's SB4 100m breaststroke saw Colombia claim its first gold medal of the championships through Moises Garcia Fuente.

The men's S11 50m freestyle saw Russian Alexander Chekurov, a Beijing 2008 bronze medallist in the event, claim gold in a time of 26.32.

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