Alexa Leary's remarkable comeback story has its latest chapter after she claimed a 100m freestyle with a world-record time at the Paralympics in Paris.
High-octane house music has propelled rising Australian swim star Alexa Leary to a Paralympic gold medal and fulfilled a prophecy set out by a fortune teller three years ago. After setting a 59.60 world record in the morning session heat at La Defense Arena in Paris, Leary went one better to claim gold in the 100m freestyle with a time of 59.53.
"He's one amazing person and I've always got my headphones in, he upbeats me every single day. The best song he plays is 'World Hold On'," Leary said. "It gets me going. It gets me in race mode every single time and I don't know, what it is about his music, but he gets me in this rhythm to just go smash it in the water.
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