Col Pearse: To walk away with silver on the last day of competition I couldn't be more proud of myself

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Col Pearse has put everything into making it to these Paralympic Games but had to wait until the final night in the pool to claim a medal. He had finished in 4th place in the 100 metre Butterfly - the event he picked up a silver medal in at the Tokyo games. But he performed superbly to win silver in the 200m Individual Medley after two and a half weeks of "sleeping on cardboard beds and eating the same food every day". He told Ned Hall that seeing the 2nd place next to his name made all the sacrifices and hard work of the last 7 years worthwhile.