Ellie Simmonds takes bronze in S6 50m freestyle

Simmonds takes bronze in S6 50m freestyle

Great Britain's Ellie Simmonds has taken bronze in the S6 50m freestyle after a rapid final.

Simmonds didn't get off to the quickest start but managed to work her way back through to take bronze with a time of 36.11s.

Mirjam de Koning-Peper won gold with a Paralympic record time of 34.77s, and Victoria Arlen of United States claimed silver, setting an Americas record of 35.32s.

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