Shaw, who received bronze within the S9 100m freestyle on Friday, stepped up a category to compete within the closing and was in with a shout of a medal on the midway stage.
She pale barely on the breaststroke leg of the race, one thing she hopes to enhance, however completed properly in a time of two:39.39.
Aberdeen swimmer Toni Shaw was completely happy along with her efforts within the closing of S10 200m particular person medley after claiming a creditable fourth.
“I might have favored the time to be a bit faster however the place I obtained, I used to be going to come back fourth or fifth,” she mentioned. “To return fourth, I’m fairly completely happy.
“I stepped up a category and I used to be simply super-excited to get to race once more. I’ve been ready every single day; cheering on is wonderful however being a part of it and racing is so significantly better.
“The third leg, the breaststroke, is at all times terrible. I say I’m going to enhance it each time nevertheless it by no means appears to occur! So possibly subsequent yr it’ll get a bit higher.
“I might clearly have favored to swim sooner however I’m certain each swimmer who doesn’t get a PB says that. I’ve actually loved every thing so after my break, I’ll come again and begin once more.”
Shaw’s dad and mom Shona and Martin seem to have loved the Video games expertise as a lot as she has, with the trio sharing a second after Friday’s consequence within the 100m freestyle.
“They’ve been having an incredible time,” mentioned Shaw. “On my days off they’ve been sending me footage of them doing all these wonderful issues.
“They’ve been to the weightlifting and the netball. They had been at Scotland Home the opposite day getting a great deal of free stuff.
“I’m seeing them tomorrow and coming again to the pool tomorrow night time to cheer all people on.”
Earlier on Wednesday night within the pool, Lewis swimmer Kara Hanlon went within the closing of the ladies’s 100m breaststroke.
The 25-year-old set out with a robust first 50m however pale within the second half, coming eighth in a time of 1:08.67.
She had additionally made the ultimate of the 50m breaststroke throughout the Video games and whereas her performances within the finals weren’t what she had hoped for, she took rather a lot from the expertise of being at her first main worldwide occasion.
“I’ve obtained rather a lot to study from that,” mentioned Hanlon. “It wasn’t fairly what I wished and the place I’ve been this season however I’ll take the expertise and the chance.
