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Not for Alexa Leary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the Dutch nudging their own world record with 25m to swim, Leary motored, charging up to and then past the leader and into the wall \u2013 splitting 59.88 \u2013 the Australians winning a remarkable gold in a new Paralympic record time of 4:27.08.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dutch in second in 4:28.07 with Spain third in 4:29.29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl who had endured a 111-day stay in the Royal Brisbane and Women&#8217;s Hospital, having to learn to walk and talk all over again &#8211; eight times expected to die but eight times pulling through, had pulled through again and how sweet it was for the six Australians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ecstatic Leary over the moon and with her three final teammates there ACT&#8217;s <strong>Jesse Aungles<\/strong> (backstroke), NSW&#8217;s \u00a0<strong>Tim Hodge <\/strong>(breaststroke) and the Sunshine Coast Queenslander <strong>Emily Beecroft<\/strong> (butterfly), overcome with joy, excitement and disbelief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey were a bit in front, and I was like I&#8217;ve got to chase these people, we&#8217;ve got to win this, we&#8217;re a strong team and we did it,\u201d Leary said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In what Leary called \u201cthe best team ever\u201d; Aungles led off in backstroke in 1:08.18; with Hodge following in breaststroke (1:11.66), Beecroft next in butterfly (1:07.36) \u2013 and as it turned out, very much keeping the Aussies and Leary in touch, before the final change for that stunning final freestyle leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia\u2019s coaching masterstroke to thrust Hodge and Leary into the final team after the Gold Coast\u2019s Tokyo silver medallist <strong>Keira Stephens (<\/strong>breaststroke) and Sunshine Coast rookie <strong>Callum Simpson <\/strong>(freestyle) had teamed up with Aungles and Beecroft in their convincing heat win \u2013 showing the depth in the Australian program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in a fitting tribute &#8211; all six swimmers stood on the podium to sing <em>Advance Australia Fair<\/em> and celebrate a memorable moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s an insane feeling,\u201d said Hodge, holding his first Paralympic gold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re still coming to terms with it. 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