Australia’s Alexa Leary lives her best ‘second life’ with gold medal in Paralympic pool
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6QFV6)
- Leary claims gold in the 100m freestyle (S9) with a time of 59.53
- Ricky Betar and Grant Scooter' Patterson win bronze for Australia in pool
High-octane house music has propelled rising Australian swim star Alexa Leary to a Paralympic gold medal and fulfilled a prophecy set out by a fortune teller three years ago.
After setting a 59.60 world record in the morning session heat at La Defense Arena in Paris, Leary went one better to claim gold in the 100m freestyle (S9) with a time of 59.53.
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