MacInnes stars as GB top medals table at EuropeansFigure caption, ‘Very last stroke!’ – GB win dramatic relay goldByMike PeterBBC Sport journalistPublished29 minutes agoGreat Britain finished top of the medals table at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris after Keanna MacInnes helped them win two golds on Sunday’s final day of competition.The 24-year-old sealed victory in the 200m butterfly with a new Scottish record of two minutes 5.90 seconds, then swam the fly leg as Great Britain won the women’s 4×100m medley.Angharad Evans followed up her gold in the individual 100m breaststroke with the fastest ever women’s relay breaststoke leg as the team, which also included Lauren Cox and Freya Colbert, stormed to victory in a championship record three minutes 53.50 seconds.
The relay win secured top spot on the medal charts over Italy, whom they beat by a tenth of a second, with Great Britain finishing on 14 golds to second-placed Italy’s 13.
The British squad also won four silvers and eight bronzes in the French capital, with 14 of their 26 medals coming in swimming events.
The swimmers secured eight golds, two silvers and four bronzes, including victory for 18-year-old Filip Nowacki in the men’s 200m breaststroke on Thursday.
They also won two golds, two silvers and three bronzes in diving and four golds and a bronze in artistic swimming.
They topped the medal table in swimming and artistic swimming and were fourth in the diving table.
