10 Apr 2021
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closely-contested Women’s 400m Freestyle and a Lyndon Longhorne British record
double were among the highlights on day three of the British Para-Swimming
International Meet at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge.
Three-time
Paralympian Ellie Simmonds led home an impressive S6 1-2-3 for the Brits in the
mixed-classification 400m Freestyle final, an assured swim seeing Simmonds to
World Series gold with a points tally of 887. Maisie Summers-Newton (865) and
Grace Harvey (801) were second and third respectively.
Despite
finishing fourth overall though, University of Aberdeen athlete Toni Shaw
produced a swim of great significance, going comfortably inside the S9 Paralympic