CORSHAM'S Stephanie Millward secured her second gold medal of the Paralympic Games in Rio last night as she anchored the 34-point 4x100m medley relay team to victory in the pool.

Millward, who had earlier missed out on a medal in the women's S8 50m freestyle where she finished fifth, swam the last leg as she, Alice Tai, Claire Cashmore and Steph Slater set a new world record time of 4:45.23 as they finished ahead of Australia and the United States.

For four-time Paralympian Cashmore, 28 made her debut at the 2004 Games in Athens and had won seven medals - but never a gold.

She was in tears after settling for silver in her signature 100m butterfly S9 earlier in the week but after relay victory, she said: “This time it’s tears of happiness and not tears of sadness. We’ve got a fantastic team.

"We lost by such a small margin in London so to come back tonight and beat the Aussies is such an unbelievable feeling.

“You feel so out of control when Steph (Millward) is swimming the last leg, you are just willing her on. And to get a world record is brilliant.

“It was my last race of this Paralympic Games and I just wanted to finish on a high and we definitely have done that.”

Millward, who has won two gold and two bronze medals already in Rio, concludes her hectic Paralympic programme today with the S8 200m individual medley.