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Zheng breaks world record to win 1500m T11

Xinhua, September 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Zheng Jin smashed her own world record to win gold in the 1500m T11 final at the Rio Paralympics on Saturday.

The 25-year-old crossed the line in four minutes 38.92 seconds at the Olympic Stadium, beating her previous mark of 4:44.06 set in 2014.

Kenya's Nancy Koech took silver in 4:42.12 and Colombia's Maritza Arango Buitrago bronze in 4:45.33.

Zheng inherited cataracts from her mother at birth, resulting in a visual impairment. Endit