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Josef Craig swam to victory last night in style. Having shaved 9 seconds of his personal best in the qualifiers yesterday and setting a new world record, he had enough in the tank to smash his new world record and take gold in the final last night. At only 15 years old, we will surely see more great things from the South Shields boy. Read more on the story here
Following an incredible and emotional race on Saturday where Ellie Simmonds battled for gold, it appears she could be on for another gold medal.
This morning has seen her smash her own world record in the SM6 200m Individual Medley taking 1.17secs off her record to set a time of 3:06.97. Ellie admitted it was a big surprise to set that time:
“Oh my gosh, I’m quite shocked by that time. I wasn’t going for the world record, but I was just going in there to feel the stroke,” said the Swansea-based swimmer.
“The crowd were going wild so I thought it was quite good. I’m so happy with a 3:06. I felt really easy and really good. It’s good to be on top form at the biggest Paralympic Games of my life,” she added.
“The crowd were amazing and gave me a big buzz, I can’t wait to race in the final tonight.”
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The ParalympicsGB swimming team stated their intent at London 2012 this morning as world champion Jon Fox smashing his own S7 100m Backstroke world record to steal the show in the opening session of the Paralympic Games.
The Manchester-based 21 year old touched in one minute 9.86 seconds to knock more than half a second off his old world mark and sail through as fastest qualifier by nearly three seconds.
Fox, the 2004 silver medallist, admitted that ducking under the 1:10 barrier had been one of his long-term goals.
“I came in to the heat looking to qualify first for tonight’s final,” said the Cornishman. “I didn’t realise I’d broken the world record until I looked up at the screen and saw the 1:09.
“I’ve been wanting to go under 1:10 for a long time so I’m really happy to have done that in my first race here.”
