Ellie Simmonds, Sascha Kindred & Susie Rodgers win gold

Great Britain’s Sascha Kindred, Ellie Simmonds and Susie Rodgers won gold medals in the pool on day five of the Rio Paralympics.

Kindred and Simmonds both swam a powerful final 50 meters to break world records in their respective SM6 200m medley race.

Rodgers then set a personal best time in the S7 50m butterfly to win Britain’s fifth gold of the day.

It takes Britain’s total medal tally in Rio to 63, with 28 golds.
Kindred, 38, finished in 2:38.47 seconds to secure his seventh Paralympics gold before Simmonds, 21, defended her title with 2:59.81.

Simmonds held the world record in the medley coming into the Games and set a new Paralympics record in the heats - but she admitted to nerves before the race.

However, she timed her race well, powering through the final two laps to beat the record she set in December 2015.
“It’s not sunk in what I’ve done yet. I know my time was under three minutes so I’m really happy with it,” she said to an International Media. 

“I’m really chuffed. It’s a target I’ve set and I’ve wanted to go under for a long time.”

Rodgers, who was born without a fully formed arm and leg on the left side of her body, was visibly shocked after securing victory.
“I didn’t know where I was or where everyone else was. I didn’t know I could go that quick,” she said to an International Media.

“It proves at the age of 33, you can pull it out the bag when you have to. I literally can’t believe it. I’m in actual shock.”