Howarth & Dubber final on day seven in Rio

Yesterday’s gold medallist Nikita Howarth returned to the pool in Rio today in the 100m Breaststroke SB9 along with North Shore’s Rebecca Dubber in the 400m freestyle S7.

Howarth qualified 7^th fastest in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB9 in a time of 1:33.70 and finished 7^th overall in the final in 1:31.11.

Canada’s Katarina Roxon won in 1:19.44, followed by Claire Cashmore (GBR) in 1:20.60 and Ellen Keane (IRL) in 1:23.07.

After ealier in the week claiming bronze in the women’s 100m backstroke S7 Dubber was back in the pool to contest the 400m freestyle S7 where she finished 4^th in the final in 5:31.53.

“I felt great going into the race, I had a good warm up and rearing to go but for whatever reason it just did not come together for me," Dubber said.

"I feel a bit let down with this swim but overall it has been an awesome Paralympic Games for me. You have got to be happy with a bronze medal. I just need to take this swim in my stride and learn from it.”

The gold medal went to Coan McKenzie (USA) who put in a dominant performance to win in 5:05.77. Second and third was Jordan Cortney (USA) and Susannah Rodgers (GBR) respectively.

Tomorrow sees the brilliant Mary Fisher back in the pool in the 100m freestyle S11 and Jesse Reynolds in the 100m butterfly S9.

The Paralympics swimming action is live on Duke Channel.

CAPTION: Rebecca Dubber.

Rio 2016 Paralympic