Ahmed Kelly did not blame the officials who made a fleeting blunder that looked to have cost him a chance at Paralympic glory.
When Ahmed Kelly looked up at the board at the Paralympic swimming arena on Sunday morning, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
Within eight hours, Kelly had a big grin and a silver medal around his neck, with great mate Grant “Scooter” Patterson taking third place in an identical result from Tokyo three years ago.In the 150m individual medley that Kelly took part in, swimmers have to complete one lap each of backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. Unlike at able-body competitions, the butterfly is not part of the Paralympics medley.
Kelly was in the lead by 3.47 seconds with one lap to go but took the silver, two seconds behind Germany’s Josia Topf.
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