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China's Liu claims third Paralympic gold in 100m T54

Xinhua, September 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Liu Wenjun clinched her third Paralympic Games gold medal by winning the women's 100m T54 final in Rio on Friday.

The 31-year-old crossed the line in a season's best 16.00 seconds to finish ahead of Tatyana McFadden of the United States by 13 hundredths of a second.

China's Li Yingjie grabbed bronze in a personal best time of 16.22 seconds.

Liu also won gold in the 100m T54 at the London 2012 Games and in the 4x100m relay T53-54 at the Beijing 2008 Games.

She lost her right leg after being involved in a car accident when two. Endit