Ellie Simmonds has beaten her own world record at the London Paralympics to reach this evening's final of the S-M-6 200-metre individual medley swimming.

GB are second in the medals table with 17 golds so far.

Meanwhile ... The International Paralympic Committee's defending its rules on prosthetic limbs.

It's agreed to meet Oscar Pistorius following his outburst last night - when he complained about the length of the blades used by Brazil's Alan Oliveira ... who beat him to gold in the T44 200 metres.