Freney wins sixth gold
Jacqueline Freney claimed her sixth gold medal of London 2012 as she won the S7 50m freestyle.
Last Updated: 04/09/12 10:52pm
Jacqueline Freney claimed her sixth gold medal of London 2012 as she took victory in the S7 50 metres freestyle at the Aquatics Centre.
Freney took the win in a Paralympic and Oceania record of 32.63 seconds to add to the five golds she had already claimed. And with two events still remaining, the Australian could end up with eight medals.
The 20-year-old said: "I'm not a sprinter, but I'm so happy to have another medal under my belt. It's a bit of a shock actually. I was hoping for at least one medal, but six is unbelievable.
"My dad (her coach Michael) just said, 'yes, good luck and hope for the best and whatever happens on the day (happens)'.
"I have a rest day tomorrow so I can recover and I am really looking forward to the 400 [freestyle]. It should be a good race. I am going to go for a world record in the 400."
Du Toit wins
Elsewhere, Natalie du Toit moved closer to her impending retirement with yet another Paralympic title.
The South African came in to the Games with 10 Paralympic titles and one silver and Monday's victory in the S9 400m freestyle was her second of the meet along with the S9 100m butterfly.
Ihar Boki claimed his fourth gold medal and fifth overall as he demolished his own world record in the S13 400m freestyle.
The Belarusian had promised to "show something spectacular" after his heat swim in the morning and his time of 3:58.78 took four seconds off his own world mark.
Justin Zook lowered the S10 100m backstroke world record - especially impressive given he was reclassified ahead of the competition. The American dipped 0.54secs inside Andre Brasil's mark in 1:00.01.
