Sweden's Jennie Ekstrom led the way in the women's 50 metres breaststroke SB2 as she was crowned European champion after a world record of 1min 11.47sec.

The medal was a first of the week for Ekstrom as she finished almost five seconds ahead of Russia's Iuliia Shishova and more than 16 ahead of Denmark's Cecilie Kristiansen.

"It feels very good," Ekstrom said.

"You never know what happens in a race.

"I didn't expect to win a gold medal.

"I love the [Pieter van den Hoogenband] Swim Stadium.

"I will be there for the party tonight!"

The Netherland's' Marc Evers sealed his third gold medal of the week with a world record time in the individual medley SM14 to delight the home crowd ©Getty Images



Marc Evers gave the Dutch crowds something to cheer about as he put in a master class in the men's 200m individual medley SM14 to win his third gold of the Championships.

The world champion added the European crown in a time of 2:11.87, leading home British pair Jack Thomas and Craig Harris, winners of the the silver and bronze medals respectively.

The following race saw Russia's Valeriia Shablina break her third world record of the week as she secured gold in the women's equivalent with a time of 2:24.18.

After bringing down the mark in the morning's heats, Shabalina shaved a further 1.92 seconds off the hours-old record to finish ahead of local favourite Marlou van der Kulk and Great Britain's Jessica-Jane Applegate.

Shabalina's compatriot Denis Tarasov set his second world record in as many days as he swam to victory in the men's 50m freestyle S8 to win his third gold medal of the Championships.

His time of 25.31sec was a second and a half ahead of team mate Konstantin Lisenkov, while Ukraine's Bohdan Hrynenko rounded off the podium in third.

The hosts of the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, rounded off a great meet with three wins to take their gold medal total to 30.

Two of these golds came in European record times courtesy of Stephanie Slater and Andrew Mullen.

Stephanie Slater won her seventh gold medal of the meet with a world record time in the 50m freestyle S8 ©Getty Images



Slater's gold was a seventh of the week for the 23-year-old as she lowered retired team mate Heather Frederiksen's previous mark by more than 0.30  to finish in a time of 30.44 in the women's 50m freestyle S8.

Ukraine's Kateryna Istomina and Olesya Vladykina picked up silver and bronze medals respectively.

That victory was immediately followed by a fourth gold and European record for 17-year-old Mullen in the men's 50m backstroke S5.

The Briton finished in 37.56 to win ahead of Hungary's Zsolt Vereckzi and Russian Roman Zhadanov, who collected silver and bronze respectively.

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