HEREFORD'S Sascha Kindred says he is "over the moon" to be selected to represent Great Britain at this summer's Paralympics in Rio.

The 37-year-old was left waiting to see if he would be picked after narrowly missing the qualification time at the recent Glasgow trials.

But Kindred still claimed the fastest swim of the year in the heats and is the reigning world champion in the SM6 200m individual medley.

The Rio Games will be Kindred's sixth Paralympics and he knows it is highly unlikely he will be competing at another one.

"I was only about 0.1% of the time, so I was always confident the selectors would see that and I'm still ranked number one," said Kindred.

"I had four days off after the trials, but it's back to training now and Rio isn't that far off.

"There are 31 people that have been selected for Great Britain and there is a good mix of experience and youth.

"I hit some personal bests last year at 37, so it just shows that, no matter what age you are, if you put in the work, you can still achieve great things.

"I am still learning and doing stuff that I didn't no before in order for me to improve."

This will be the first time that Kindred will have entered a Paralympics without his wife Nyree also competing.

"It will be different, but Nyree will still be there cheering me on and I've got the support of my whole family," added Kindred.

"For me, it's just about putting in my best performance and see what happens.

"I haven't got any targets in terms of what medals I want, I just want to give it my best."