GREAT Britain's youngest Paralympian Eleanor Simmonds sent a shockwave through the National Aquatics Centre with a stunning and inspirational victory in Beijing yesterday.
The 13-year-old's sensational performance was the catalyst for a successful evening at the Water Cube, with David Roberts taking gold, Heather Frederiksen and Louise Watkin silver and Matt Walker bronze.
Anthony Kappes and tandem pilot rider Barne
y Storey won Britain's fourth cycling gold of the Games at the Laoshan Velodrome, while the athletics team also weighed in with silver medals for Shelly Woods and Chris Martin.
Britain lie in third place in the medal table behind hosts China and the United States at the end of day two with seven golds, five silvers and three bronze.
Simmonds timed her finish to perfection in the women's S6 100 metres freestyle to win in one minute 18.75 seconds and become the youngest individual British Paralympic champion of all time.
"I had a dream about it, but I only came second," she said after beating world-record holder Doramitzi Gonzalez of Mexico into third place.
Roberts then successfully began his bid to overtake Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson as Britain's most successful Paralympian ever with victory in the men's S7 100m freestyle.
The 28-year-old from Pontypridd, who has cerebral palsy, lowered his own Paralympic record to 1min 00.35secs to triumph, while Walker was third.
Frederiksen was second in the women's S8 100m freestyle and Watkin finished behind South African Natalie du Toit in the women's S9 100m freestyle.
Kappes and Storey secured Britain's fourth cycling gold medal, powering to victory in the men's B&VI one-kilometre time trial at the Laoshan Velodrome in a world record of 1:02.864.
Wheelchair racer Woods set a personal best of 11:54.29in the women's T54 5000m, an agonising 0.26secs behind winner Diane Roy of Canada, who set a Paralympic record.
Martin was awarded silver in the men's F33/34/52 discus despite a Paralympic record throw of 28.37m.
South African Oscar Pistorius also began his bid for three gold medals, clocking a personal best of 11.16 seconds in the 100 metres.
