Ellie Simmonds forced to settle for bronze in 400m freestyle event
ELLIE SIMMONDS was forced to settle for bronze in the S6 400m freestyle event in Rio earlier this evening.
The 21-year-old scooped her fifth gold medal yesterday in the SM6 200m individual medley, and in the process, became one of the greatest Paralympians.
She also broke the world record en route to gold.
But in the freestyle, she wasn't quite at her brilliant best.
Ukraine's Yelyzaveta Mereshko, the world record holder, won in a Paralympic record of 5:17:01.
Song Lingling of China was second in 5:21.37 and Simmonds was third in 5:24.87.
Meanwhile, Simmonds' British team-mate Ellie Robinson, who won S6 50m butterfly gold on day two, was fourth in 5:27.35.