Its a gold medal for local swimmer Tia Zimmerman from Englefeld as she adds another piece of hardware to her collection. 
 
Zimmerman, along with her team, swam their way to a gold medal early Wednesday morning at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, UAE competing in the 4x50 Freestyle Relay
 
The race was the final event for the 17-year-old Zimmerman who picked up a bronze medal the day prior in the 800m Freestyle

The team finished with a time of 3 minutes 8 seconds, 7 seconds ahead of second place Korea, and 33 seconds ahead of the bronze medal Austrailians.

 Congratulations Tia.