BRILLIANT Poppy Maskill has won a second gold medal in the Paris Paralympic Games.

The 19-year-old from Middlewich delivered an outstanding third leg for the Great Britain mixed 4x100m freestyle S14 team as they stormed to victory ahead of Australia and Brazil to successfully defend their Tokyo 2020 title.

When the former Northwich Centurions and Winsford Swim Team competitor dived into action, GB had a lead of only inches but by the time she handed over to Olivia Newman-Baronius for the final leg a lead of almost five seconds had been established.

Each competing nation in the final selected two men and two women in any order of their choosing, but Maskill was the fastest of the females by some distance.

Great Britain's Poppy Maskill during the S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle relay. Great Britain's Poppy Maskill during the S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle relay. (Image: Zac Goodwin/PA)

Great Britain's Will Ellard, Rhys Darbey, Poppy Maskill (second from left) and Olivia Newman-Baronius celebrate with their gold medals after winning the S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle relay at the Paris La Defense ArenaGreat Britain's Will Ellard, Rhys Darbey, Poppy Maskill (second from left) and Olivia Newman-Baronius celebrate with their gold medals after winning the S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle relay at the Paris La Defense Arena (Image: Zac Goodwin/PA)

Great Britain's Will Ellard, Rhys Darbey, Poppy Maskill (second from left) and Olivia Newman-Baronius celebrate on the podium after winning the S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle relay at the Paris La Defense ArenaGreat Britain's Will Ellard, Rhys Darbey, Poppy Maskill (second from left) and Olivia Newman-Baronius celebrate on the podium after winning the S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle relay at the Paris La Defense Arena (Image: Zac Goodwin/PA)

Maskill and her teammates, who included Will Ellard in the first leg and Rhyse Darby in the second, eventually won by more than three seconds as they contributed to an historic day for Paralympics GB.

Today has been ParalympicsGB's most successful single day for gold medals this century.

The team have celebrated 12 golds, beginning in the morning with Benjamin Pritchard at the rowing lake and ending in the pool with victory in the 4x100m freestyle relay S14.

The previous record of nine was reached in both Rio and Beijing.

For Maskill, the relay success makes it three medals in the Paris La Defense Arena in her maiden Paralympics.

On Saturday she won a silver medal to add to the gold she claimed on Thursday.

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She was first to the touch in the women’s 200m freestyle S14 heat on Saturday morning and was the fastest qualifier going into that night’s final.

Maskill then finished the medal race almost three seconds quicker than her heat, recording her fastest time in the event this year in 2:07.06.

Neutral Paralympic Athlete Valeriia Shabalina (centre) on the podium with the gold medal, alongside Great Britain's Poppy Maskill (left) with silver and Great Britain's Louise Fiddes with bronze after the women's 200m freestyle S14 final in ParisNeutral Paralympic Athlete Valeriia Shabalina (centre) on the podium with the gold medal, alongside Great Britain's Poppy Maskill (left) with silver and Great Britain's Louise Fiddes with bronze after the women's 200m freestyle S14 final in Paris (Image: PA)

But she was two seconds behind Shabalina Valeriia, a Neutral Paralympic Athlete.

Maskill’s name went into the history books and started a media frenzy on Thursday when she won Great Britain’s first gold medal of the Paris Paralympics.

That came in sensational style, winning the women’s100m butterfly S14 in world-record breaking time.