Paralympic Swimmer Jessica Long Wins Gold in Same Event 20 Years Later
Jessica Long Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPCJessica Long is bringing home another gold medal. The paralympic swimmer, 32, placed first in the 400m freestyle S8 on Wednesday, September 4-the same event in which she won gold 20 years earlier in Athens at age 12. Great Britain's Alice Tai nabbed the silver medal, while Italy's Xenia Francesca Palazzo took home the bronze. "I just wanted to win a medal. I think it's so funny because in Tokyo after Morgan Stickney beat me, I said I was too old to ever do this event again, and here I am winning gold," Long told NBC after the race, adding, "I can't believe I won.
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