Paralympic Breakfast Day Nine

Australian Community Media

Ben Hance touched the wall to win backstroke gold and pointed to the heavens, dedicating his victory to his father who died in March. We've recapped all the day nine action here for you.

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00:00It was a big night for the Aussie swimming team, winning seven medals in the pool.

00:08Ben Hantz touched the wall to win backstroke gold, pointed to the heavens and whispered

00:12I love you dad.

00:13His father Tony died in March, he'd already bought tickets to watch his son swim, and

00:18the Victorian swimmer dedicated the night to him.

00:21And what a night it was, he set a world record in the heat and led the final from start to

00:25finish, becoming the only man to defend the event in Paralympic history.

00:3017-year-old Callum Simpson surprised everyone by winning the men's S8 100m freestyle by

00:36a fingernail, it was that close, and Tim Hodges going home with three medals, adding a silver

00:41in the men's S9 100m butterfly to his two previous golds.

00:46Bronze in the pool too, to Lewis Bishop, Tom Gallagher, Emily Beecroft and Rachel Watson.

00:51And we've had to wait a long time to see flag-bearer Curtis McGrath, but he's easily

00:55through to tomorrow's finals in the Paracanoe.

00:59There's only one day of competition left in Paris, it'll be sad when it's over, but hang

01:03in there, we're almost done.

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