Ellie Simmonds: My family values
The Paralympic swimming champion talks about her big family and the sacrifices they made when she was starting outI’m the baby of the family and love it. I’m the youngest of five – I have three sisters...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds loses long-held 400m S6 title at IPC World Championship
• Olympic champion is beaten by 0.8sec by Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Mereshko• Four other British swimmers also win silver medals on opening dayEllie Simmonds lost a long-held world title on the first day of...
View ArticleTen to watch: meet Team GB's sporting superheroes
They won our hearts at London 2012: can Team GB do it again? We salute our top athletes, from Tom Daley to Ellie Simmonds, as they fly into Rio for the 2016 OlympicsContinue reading...
View ArticleKadeena Cox completes historic Paralympic double with time trial gold
• Dame Sarah Storey’s prediction comes true as she finishes outside medals • Hannah Cockroft is imperious on the track in defending T34 100m titleDame Sarah Storey, who knows a thing or two about track...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds steals the show on golden night for British swimmers
• 21-year-old wins fifth Paralympic gold and breaks SM6 200m medley record• Victories also for Sascha Kindred and Susannah RodgersOn a night of three golds in the pool for ParalympicsGB Ellie Simmonds...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds takes gold on day five of Rio Paralympics – video highlights
ParalympicsGB take three gold medals in the pool on day five of the Rio Games on Monday with Ellie Simmonds winning her fifth gold overall and breaking the world record in the SM6 200m medley. There...
View ArticleParalympic Games 2016: day five – in pictures
The best images from Rio, documenting all the action, reaction and emotion from another day of extraordinary feats Continue reading...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds: the focused winner with a smile for everyone
Her five gold medals to date are unlikely to be enough for the Paralympian whose singleminded determination and love of swimming date from early childhoodAt the swimming club where Ellie Simmonds spent...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds: ‘I’ve never been bullied. I’m just small’
The champion swimmer, 22, on winning two gold medals at 13, finally meeting Michael Phelps and crying happy tearsMy life changed at the Beijing Olympics. I was only 13, but I came away with two gold...
View ArticleOlympics, World Cups and more: Tom Jenkins' pictures of the decade
The Guardian and Observer sport photographer picks his favourite images from the thousands he shot during the past 10 yearsThis is a collection of images I have shot during the last decade. I wasn’t...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds: ‘Going into Rio, swimming for me had been life or death’
Having been pushed to the brink of retirement before the last Paralympics, the swimmer took a year out. Now, reunited with her old coach, she cannot wait for Tokyo“A lot of the time, when I swim, I...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds: ‘I’ve found the expectations harder as I’ve got older’ | Paul...
The five-time Paralympic gold medal winner on coping with pressure, life away from the pool and her hopes in Tokyo“I think when you’re in that massive bubble, when you’re in the village, sometimes you...
View ArticleMaisie Summers-Newton takes second gold as ParalympicsGB excel in the pool
Swimmer breaks Paralympic record in 100m breaststroke finalParalympicsGB dominate 4x100m mixed freestyle to take goldMore British gold medals came with a tinge of poignancy in the pool on Saturday as...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds ready to end career in Paralympics after freestyle fifth place
Simmonds reinstated to fifth after initial disqualificationSwimmer Bethany Firth wins gold again in S14 100m backstrokeInspirational to the last, Ellie Simmonds concluded her Paralympic career in Tokyo...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds: one swimmer, one race, one goal. And my hero
Our Young Sportswriter winner (age 10-12 category) on why the Paralympian has a special place in her heartEleanor May Simmonds. Some may call her a swimmer, some may call her a Paralympian but I call...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds: A World Without Dwarfism review – are drugs really the answer?
The Paralympian investigates new drugs intended to treat achondroplasia, which some view as the future – and others see as an ‘existential threat’When I was in my 20s I went out for quite a while with...
View ArticleDiana Ross, Queen and Lin-Manuel Miranda to play Party at the Palace
Saturday evening’s three-hour event at Buckingham Palace will include musical theatre and pop starsQueen’s platinum jubilee: live coverageIn 2016, the Queen was canvassed for her favourite music to...
View ArticleQueen’s platinum jubilee concert 2022: the Platinum Party at the Palace – as...
One of the showpiece events for the platinum jubilee is a concert with Queen, Diana Ross, Elton John and more Who’s playing at the Party at the Palace?Communities come together for jubilee street...
View ArticleStrictly Come Dancing to celebrate BBC centenary with themed week
BBC show will also return to Blackpool Tower ballroom after two-year break in new series launching next monthStrictly Come Dancing will return to Blackpool after a two-year absence and this year’s...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds on Strictly smashes prejudices about what a dancer can be |...
The show’s adaptations of dances for different types of bodies is powerful for those of us who never see ourselves representedI really hyped up Strictly Come Dancing to my kids this year. In advance of...
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