London: Great Britain’s Ellie Simmonds set a new world record in the heats of the women’s 200m Individual Medley SM6 at the Aquatics Centre on Monday.
The 17-year-old has already set a new world mark in the 400m Freestyle S6 en route to a successful defense of her Paralympic title on Saturday.
And she produced a blistering freestyle leg to touch in 3:06.97 this morning, 1.13 inside her own world mark from March.
Simmonds said afterwards: ‘I wasn’t going for a world record, I was actually going for the Paralympic record, but I was just going in there to feel the stroke.
‘When I walk out the crowd is amazing, that definitely gives me a big buzz. I just can’t wait to race tonight.
‘I am quite shocked with that time. When I was at the finish I couldn’t actually see what (the time) was, I had to ask someone.
‘I’m really pleased with a two-second PB in the heats. It’s good to be on top form at the biggest Paralympic Games of my life.’
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