Britain's Alice Tai wins her second title as Becky Redfern claims her first gold medal at the Paris Paralympics.
Britain's Alice Tai won her second gold medal of the Paris Paralympics as Becky Redfern made it third time lucky with her first gold.Redfern, who had finished second at the past two Games, claimed victory in the SB13 100m breaststroke.
"I knew it would be close going in and I thought someone might duck under 30 seconds – I didn't think it would be me," she said. She is a two-time world champion in the event and finished in 1min 16.02secs with the United States taking silver and bronze through Olivia Chambers and Colleen Young . "Patrick makes the lows high and the highs even higher and all I do is to make him proud and I know he will be buzzing tonight."Winnifrith had qualified second-fastest for the final behind Neutral Paralympic Athlete and defending champion Mariia Pavlova.
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