Gold for Ellie Simmonds in SM6 200m medley

Gold for Ellie Simmonds in SM6 200m medley

Ellie Simmonds has won another Paralympics gold, this time in the SM6 200m medley in a world-record time.

Simmonds was behind Verena Schott at the final turn but powered through with her strongest leg, the front crawl, to set a new record of 3:05.39.

Schott just clung on to silver ahead of ParalympicsGB's Natlie Jones, who took bronze with 3:14.29.

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