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China's Pan breaks world record to win 50m freestyle S7 gold

Xinhua, September 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Pan Shiyun set a world record to win gold in the men's 50m freestyle S7 at the Rio Paralympics on Friday.

Pan clocked 27.35 seconds to beat the previous record of 27.67 set by Britain's David Roberts in 2008.

Ukraine's Ievgenii Bogodaiko took silver in 27.64 and Colombia's Carlos Serrano Zarate grabbed bronze in 28.60.

It was Pan's his third Paralympic Games gold medal after his triumphs in the 100m freestyle S7 and 50m butterfly S7 at the London 2012 Games.

The 27-year-old lost the use of his right arm in an electrical accident at age 11. Endit