Frederiksen continues gold rush

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The men's sprint team of Darren Kenny, Jody Cundy and Mark Bristow capped a spectacular performance at the velodrome with a third gold of the final day of track cycling and a 12th in all after Sarah Storey and Anthony Kappes - with Storey's husband Barney as his tandem pilot - triumphed.

But the swimmers were not to be outdone and after Jon Fox took silver and Louise Watkin and Sean Fraser won bronze, Frederiksen won the women's S8 100 metres backstroke.

The 22-year-old from Lancashire lowered the world record she set in the morning heats to one minute 16.74 seconds.

Frederiksen's team-mate Rachael Latham was fifth.

Frederiksen was a promising able-bodied swimmer before an accident ended her career.

She thought she would never swim again, but was inspired by the performances of friends Rebecca Adlington - a double gold medallist in last month's Olympics - and Joanne Jackson, who won bronze, to get back in the water.

"When I learnt to swim again, I thought Beijing would be a bonus for me and it would be London that I'd go for," said Frederiksen, from Leigh.

"To do something like Becky Adlington - when she won that gold medal I said to my coach 'I want one' - it's a dream come true."