Over 40 GB swimmers will compete in an international meet at the iconic London Aquatics Centre, exactly two years to the day since ParalympicsGB won its first medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games. The competition will be the first international swimming event to be held in the pool since the end of the Paralympic Games. 

The swimming meet is one of four elite sports competitions taking place on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 30 August, and tickets to see Paralympians in action are on sale now for just £5 each – visit www.axs.com/national-paralympic-day to buy yours.  

Gold medallist Jessica-Jane Applegate is one of the swimmers signed up to compete as part of the historic return to the 2012 pool.  

Applegate said: “I’m really excited to be competing in the London Aquatics Centre again. It holds so many amazing memories for me and I think it will be just as good a second time. Having a packed crowd in London was something I will never forget and I hope the public will get behind us at National Paralympic Day too.”

Tim Hollingsworth, Chief Executive of the British Paralympic Association, commented: 

“This is an incredibly exciting moment for many of us who watched our Paralympic swimmers do so well at London 2012. National Paralympic Day is the first opportunity we will have to see them back in action in the London Aquatics Centre that was such a centrepiece of the London Games. 

“It is fantastic that we will have such a high calibre of GB swimmers competing as part of the activity on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park that day and I look forward to cheering them all on to victory a second time.”

In addition to the elite sports competitions at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, there will be the opportunity to meet Paralympians, have a go at numerous disability and inclusive sports and visitors should prepare to be amazed by the artistic performances of the Mayor of London’s Liberty festival, which will once again inspire audiences with the very best of disability arts.