Susannah Rodgers misses out on S7 backstroke medal

Great Britain's Susannah Rodgers has missed out on a medal in the S7 backstroke final after coming sixth.

Jacqueline Freney of Australia destroyed the field and set a Paralympic record of 1:22.84 to take gold.

The battle was for silver, between Germany's Kirsten Bruhn and America's Courtney Jordan, which Bruhn eventually won.

Bruhn's time was 1:25.22 while Jordan touched home in 1:25.33.

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