Australian becomes a world champion … at 13

“So we just went in there and gave it our best shot and we’re so happy to come away with gold again”.

“It has been a tough few days since the 400m free”.

Elsewhere, New Zealander, Sophie Pascoe won her second gold of this World Championships in the same pool that she won two Commonwealth Games gold medals at Glasgow 2014. For 23-year-old Long, a 17-time Paralympic and 29-time world medalist with three more events in Glasgow, winning isn’t taken for granted.

“I was really happy with the swim, it was slower than this morning but I can’t complain, it’s still one of the fastest swims I have done”. I think he’s ready to see it go now. “But I guess I can do that next time”.

The men’s 100m freestyle S7 final saw Matt Levy win the silver in 1:02.51 just behind a championship record swim from China’s Shiyun Pan (1:01.53).

Visually impaired swimmer Mary Fisher, who did win gold on the opening day, followed that with a silver in the S11 400m freestyle.

Mullen set a new European record on his way to silver in the men’s 50m backstroke S5.

Mullen was not disheartened at missing out on a spot on the podium though.

Simmonds has been the poster-girl for para-sport ever since she burst onto the scene at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008, winning two gold medals as a 13 year-old.

“It feels incredible”, Griswold said.

Cole had earlier broke the world record held for seven years by Canadian Stephanie Dixon in the heats of the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow. “I have a weight lifted off my shoulders because I worked so hard to get here and after the 200 IM, I wasn’t sure how I was going to do but I stuck through, believed in myself and made it happen”.

British Swimming chief executive David Sparkes is hoping that the crowd will help inspire the home team who finished third on the overall medals table behind Ukraine and Russian Federation at the last Championships in Montreal two years ago.

Tully Kearney also claimed her second gold in as many nights and Olly Hynd took bronze on another strong night for the British team.

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