IT’S a big day for world champion and Wrexham fan Laura Stephens.

She will get her first taste of action in the pool at the Paris Olympics this morning in the heats for the women’s 200m butterfly.

Stephens made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, where she finished sixth in her semi-final and missed out on a spot in the final by a second.

However, this time she has much higher expectations.

She told BBC Essex: “In Tokyo, I didn’t perform exactly how I wanted to.

“That’s something that I’m definitely looking to rectify this summer - to be in the final and hopefully be in the fight for a medal in the 200m butterfly.”

It has been some year already for Stephens, who claimed a brilliant gold medal at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Doha in February.

Then, in April, she was at the STōK Cae Ras to see Wrexham clinch promotion to League One with a thumping 6-0 triumph over Forest Green Rovers.

During an unbelievable spell, three days after that win at a rocking Racecourse, it was announced that Laura had been selected to compete for Great Britain at the summer Olympics in Paris.

Semi-finals for the 200m butterfly will take place this evening, with the final being raced tomorrow night.