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Freney becomes Paralympic great

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Thursday, September 06, 2012

LONDON - Jacqueline Freney has marked herself down as one of Australia's greatest Paralympians after equalling the national record for gold medals at a single Games.

The swimmer captured her sixth title in the S7 50m freestyle in London to match Siobhan Paton's haul from the 2000 Sydney Games.

Freney, who has cerebral palsy diplegia, still has two events to go.

The races include the 20-year-old's pet event — the 400m freestyle on Thursday.

"It is unbelievable. I did not expect six gold," she said.

"I was just hoping for one, let alone six."

Brenden Hall earlier crushed the field in the S9 400m freestyle, winning by seven seconds and lowering his world record by nearly four seconds.

Australia sits in fifth place on the medal table at the end of day six with 18 gold, 13 silver and 21 bronze medals.