WARRINGTON have gone from having zero gold medals to three in just one summer as swimming success strikes again.

James Guy and Kathleen Dawson, the town’s golden athletes, came first in the new mixed 4x100m medley relay final, teaming up with Adam Peaty and Freya Anderson.

They won in a world record time of 3mins 37.58secs .

It comes after they dominated their heat in the semi-final with an Olympic record time of 3mins 38.75secs, which was comfortably the quickest of the qualifying teams.

So, who are they?

James Guy

Guy, 25, is a former Cardinal Newman High School student and junior Warrington Sports Personality winner.

During the Bury-born swimmer's time in the town, he lived with his family in Stockton Heath.

When he was 13, he received a swimming scholarship to Millfield in Somerset.

He now trains at the London 2012 Legacy Pool at the University of Bath in England.

Olympic record:

Guy’s performance at the 2015 World Championships with two gold medals, including the individual 200m freestyle title, and a silver, meant he was one to watch for the Olympics.

The swimmer then came good in his Olympic debut in Brazil the following year, as he won silver with the 4x100m medley and 4x200m freestyle teams.

And in Tokyo, Guy came to fruition once again as he and his Team GB colleagues won the 4x200m freestyle relay gold medal in style at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Other career highlights:

He won relay gold medals at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 world championships.

> READ: What Olympic pair's gold medals mean for Warrington

Kathleen Dawson

The swimming seeds for Dawson, 23, were sewn in Warrington, despite being born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

Dawson learnt to swim with LiveWire at the Great Sankey Swimming Baths before joining her first club – Warriors of Warrington. She also went to Great Sankey High School.

She is studying sports studies at Scotland's University of Stirling, whose swimming club she now represents.

Olympic record:

Dawson won silver at the 2013 European Junior Championships, before going on to finish fifth at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but unfortunately for her, she missed out on selection for Rio 2016.

A ruptured ACL in 2018 put Dawson’s swimming career in doubt, but following surgery, she was back to break Scottish records in the 100m and 200m backstroke at Olympic trials to secure her place at Tokyo 2020.

Dawson came sixth in the women's 100m backstroke event earlier this week.

> READ AND WATCH: How Dawson and Guy helped Team GB win gold

Other career highlights:

She achieved first place in the 100m backstroke and two relay events in the 2020 European Championships.