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Song smashes world record to win 100m butterfly S8 gold

Xinhua, September 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Song Maodang broke the world record to clinch gold in the men's 100m butterfly S8 at the Rio Paralympics on Friday.

Song touched the wall in 59.19 seconds, beating the previous record of 1:00.45 set by Australia's Peter Leek in 2010.

Fellow Chinese swimmer Xu Haijiao grabbed silver in one minute 0.08 seconds with Yang Guanglong, also of China, securing bronze in 1:01.18.

It was the 23-year-old's second Paralympic gold medal after his triumph in the he 4x100m medley relay 34 points at the London 2012 Games.

Song's right arm was amputated when he was eight after he received an electric shock. Endit