Gold medallist Matt Cowdrey of Australia poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100m Backstroke Source: Getty Images <\/p>\n
TEENAGE swimmer Maddi Elliott became Australia's youngest ever Paralympic medallist, while the path to immortality for Matt Cowdrey had its first golden brick laid on an eventful Day 2 of the London Games. <\/p>\n
The pool proved a major source of success, as the only medals of the haul not from swimming were those of vision impaired cyclist Felicity Johnson, who took out the individual B time trial, and the bronzes of T34 sprinter Rosemary Little in the 100m and discus thrower Kath Proudfoot at the athletics. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The bronze had Elliott eclipse Australia's previous youngest medallist, Elizabeth Edmondson, who won three golds as a 14-years-old in the waters of the Rome Games in 1964. <\/p>\n
\"This morning I did a massive PB which was a 19 second PB and I just wanted to get into the final just to do another PB,\" the energetic teenager said. <\/p>\n
\"Its just amazing to get a bronze medal at the age of 13 at my first Paralympics. <\/p>\n
\"I reckoned a medal was a chance but I reckoned it was more of a chance in the relay and not in an individual event.\" <\/p>\n
Cowdrey then faced his first title defence of the Games in the 100m backstroke S9 and did not disappoint, setting a new Paralympic Record of 1:02.39 to win his first London gold. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
See original here: Gold medallist Matt Cowdrey of Australia poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100m Backstroke Source: Getty Images TEENAGE swimmer Maddi Elliott became Australia's youngest ever Paralympic medallist, while the path to immortality for Matt Cowdrey had its first golden brick laid on an eventful Day 2 of the London Games. The pool proved a major source of success, as the only medals of the haul not from swimming were those of vision impaired cyclist Felicity Johnson, who took out the individual B time trial, and the bronzes of T34 sprinter Rosemary Little in the 100m and discus thrower Kath Proudfoot at the athletics Continue reading
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