Nicole Turner: 'I never in a million years thought it would be silver'

Nicole Turner: 'I never in a million years thought it would be silver'

Ireland's Nicole Turner celebrates winning a silver medal

Nicole Turner described her silver medal in the S6 50m butterfly final at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo as 'a dream come true'.

The 19-year old from Portarlington produced a personal best of 36.30 seconds to come home behind China’s Yuyan Jiang (34.69).

Turner, who finished fifth in the event in 2016, admitted that simply making the podium had been her goal this year.

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