Ellie Simmonds won her fifth Paralympic gold medal with a brilliant swim in the SM6 200m individual medley last night, setting a new world record in the process. Competing at her third Paralympic Games, Simmonds, 21, successfully defended one of the two titles she had won in London four years ago, coasting to victory more than three seconds clear of Lingling Song, of China. At the halfway mark, after the butterfly and backstroke legs, Simmonds turned in fourth place, but by the end of the breaststroke leg she had surged into the lead. The final 50m was then a formality…

Source: The Times September 13, 2016 00:00 UTC