IN the end it was a silver lining to a golden summer, but Ellie Simmonds had no complaints.
IN the end it was a silver lining to a golden summer, but Ellie Simmonds had no complaints.
Ellie Simmonds swims to silver in the 100m freestyle Photograph: Getty
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James Toney
After two golds and a bronze there was some symmetry to her second place as Victoria Arlen, her equally prodigious fellow 17-year old, won the 100m freestyle in a world-record time.
Simmonds now has six Paralympic medals of every hue and it is a collection to which she has every intention of adding, while her rivalry with Arlen could be a duel in the pool to enjoy.
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