"Most nervous I've ever been" - Ellard on goldpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 31 August
S14 Men's 200m Freestyle final
William Ellard talking to Channel 4 after winning gold:
"[It's] probably [the] most nervous I've ever been going into a race.
"I went out quite quick but it didn't feel quick at all. It just hits you that second 100 [metres], definitely hits you like a brick wall, that's the adrenaline going and I learnt that from the 100 [metre] fly the other day.
"Everyone says my stroke rate is easy, but I've been working on with that Nick [Bennett] and you can never make it look hard, it just always looks easy and yeah I'll just try and do more sessions next year and hopefully get under one [minute] 50 [seconds]."
"When I got to the last 25 metres left, that's when I knew that I won, I was just spinning my arms the last 10 metres."