If all goes to plan, Maitland's Maddi Elliott will swim for gold on at the Rio Paralympics on Monday morning in her pet event the 100m freestyle.
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Elliott, 17, holds the world record in the S8 category 100m and has dominated the event over the past two years winning gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and IPC World Championships last year.
The heats of the event were overnight with the final scheduled for 8.36am (Australian time) and Elliott is a clear favourite to take our her first individual Paralympics gold after winning gold as a 13-year-old in London in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Having achieved world records, world titles and Commonwealth Games gold, as well as a Medal of the Order of Australia, she wants to stand atop of the Paralympic podium by herself.
“It would mean the world to me,” the year 12 student said.
“To have an individual gold medal around my neck, standing on that podium, with a world record beside my name, it would be just unreal. I’m hoping that happens.”
Elliott, who has cerebral palsy, has made a great start to her Rio Paralympics campaign finishing fourth in the 400m freestyle just one second outside her personal best time.
To have an individual gold medal around my neck, standing on that podium, with a world record beside my name, it would be just unreal.
- Maddi Elliott
Australian teenager Lakeisha Patterson set a new world record to claim gold in the final beating American champion Jessica Long who has dominated the 400m over the past decade and set the previous world record 12 months ago.
Elliott backed up her good form with a personal best time in the 100m butterfly to finish sixth.
She has put a draining controversy over her competition classification behind her.
Elliott was brought into question after an eight-second difference between races at the IPC World Championships in Glasgow last year.
She had initially been changed to the S9 class rather than her normal section, but was switched back during the meet and produced a faster time.
“S8 is for two limbs affected and S9 is for one limb affected,” Elliott said.
“I have been in the S8 classification my whole life, since I was about eight years old.”