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09/09/2016
Bethany Firth Wins Gold At Rio Paralympics
County Down swimmer Bethany Firth has set a new world record and won gold in the S14 100m backstroke at the Rio Paralympics.
Bethany from Seaforde broke her own world record and touched in at one minute 04.05 seconds.
Dutch swimmer Marlou van der Kulk took silver and Jessica Applegate won bronze.
After the race, she said:"I'm so chuffed with that but I couldn't have done it without the support of everyone back home."
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Bethany from Seaforde broke her own world record and touched in at one minute 04.05 seconds.
Dutch swimmer Marlou van der Kulk took silver and Jessica Applegate won bronze.
After the race, she said:"I'm so chuffed with that but I couldn't have done it without the support of everyone back home."
(CD)
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