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Zhang earns second swimming gold of Rio Paralympics

Xinhua, September 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Zhang Li clinched her second gold medal of the Rio Paralympics on Monday by winning the women's 50m freestyle S5 final.

The 18-year-old finished in 36.87 seconds, 26 hundredths of a second faster than Brazil's Joana Maria Silva. The Czech Republic's Bela Trebinova claimed bronze in 37.37.

Zhang also won the 200m freestyle S5 title here. Enditem