LONDON — A Ukrainian discus thrower was stripped of her Paralympic title for a second time Monday after being told a day earlier she could keep the medal. Mariia Pomazan claimed gold Friday in the F35/36 discus before organizers realized they had made a mistake due to a scoring error and promoted China's Wu Qing from second. On Sunday the Ukrainian was told she could keep the medal but it would not count toward her country's medal tally. “We have tried our hardest since Friday to find a solution with both the Chinese and the Ukrainians,” International Paralympic Committee director of communications Craig Spence said Monday. “There has been a lot of negotiation but we've struggled and failed to reach a conclusion that suits all parties. Therefore, we have to go with the rule book, and so today the Chinese athlete will take the gold medal and the Ukrainian the silver medal.” The medals were originally to be handed out Friday, but the ceremony was pushed back to Saturday, then Sunday and then Monday. Pomazan, demoted to silver, did not turn up to the rearranged ceremony at the Olympic Stadium. In total, seven out of the 10 positions had to be changed. Pomazan put the fiasco behind her to win gold in the women's shot put Sunday. Great Britain's golden girl Ellie Simmonds claimed her second triumph of London 2012 when she won the 200m Individual Medley - SM6 and broke her own world record in the process for the second time in a day at the Aquatics Centre. As with her heat swim Monday morning, the 17-year-old produced a blistering freestyle leg to win in 3:05.39 seconds, dipping 0.75 seconds inside the mark she had set this morning. Germany's Verena Schott claimed silver while Simmonds' teammate Natalie Jones took bronze. Oscar de Pellegrin also signed off his Paralympic career with a gold medal in the men's Individual Recurve - W1/W2, overcoming Hasihin Sanawi in a shoot-off. The Italian's strong start at the Royal Artillery Barracks was enough to guarantee him top honors on his swansong appearance, following up a perfect opening set by dropping just four points in the second. Sanawi edged the next two sets but the match was beyond the Malaysian in the shoot-off and he took silver following a 6-5 defeat. De Pellegrin needed a 10 from his final arrow to win a dramatic semifinal against Tseng Lung Hui, who later claimed bronze with a 7-3 victory over experienced Iranian Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj. Russia took all three medals on offer in the men's Individual Recurve - Standing as Timur Tuchinov claimed gold with a 7-3 triumph over Oleg Shestakov. On Sunday, Oscar Pistorius was dethroned as young Brazilian Alan Oliveira stole his Paralympic T44 200m crown with a powerful run, topping a successful night on the track for the South American nation. Twenty-year-old Oliveira's unexpected victory was greeted with wild cheering from his compatriots and was the highlight of three golds among five medals for Brazil on the night. Earlier, Terezinha Guilhermina retained her T11 200m title in a clean sweep of medals that saw Jerusa Geber Santos take silver and Jhulia Santos bronze. Compatriot Yohansson Nascimento then triumphed in the men's T46 equivalent over the same distance in a new world record. — Agencies
