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China's Liu wins 400m T11 gold

Xinhua, September 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Liu Cuiqing secured her second gold medal of the Rio Paralympics on Friday by winning the women's 400m T11 final.

The 24-year-old crossed the line in 56.71 seconds to beat Venezuela's Sol Rojas by 0.93sec at the Olympic Stadium.

Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil took bronze in 57.97.

It was Liu's second gold medal at these Games, following her 4x100m T11-13 on Thursday. She also won silver in the 200m T11 and bronze in the 100m T11 here. Endit