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Wen beats own world record to win T37 long jump gold

Xinhua, September 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese teenager Wen Xiaoyan smashed her own world record to clinch gold in the women's T37 long jump at the Rio Paralympics on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old leapt 5.14 meters to beat the previous mark of 4.92m she set in Beijing in April.

Germany's Franziska Liebhardt took silver, 0.72m behind Wen, and Australia's Jodi Elkington-Jones claimed bronze with a best jump of 4.30m.

Wen, who has a limb impairment, also took silver here in the women's 400m T37 on Tuesday. Endit