Local Swimmer Tia Zimmerman from Englefeld will be coming home with some hardware and another medal to add to her collection. 
 
Zimmerman swam her way to a bronze medal early Tuesday morning at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, UAE competing in the 800m Freestyle.
 
The 800m Freestyle is one of Zimmerman's strongest races and it showed, finishing with a time of 18 minutes 22 seconds, just three seconds off the silver medal time. 
 
The 17-year-old swimmer has another event tomorrow, where she'll look to strap another medal around her neck, competing in the 4x50 freestyle relay.
 
Congratulations Tia.