4 Paralympic athletes clock faster race time than Olympic gold medalist
 

4 Paralympic athletes clock faster race time than Olympic gold medalist
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At the Rio Olympics, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. took home gold in the 1,500-meter final with a time of 3 minutes and 50 seconds.*

On Monday, four runners with visual disabilities bested that time in the same event at the Rio Paralympic Games.*

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Algerian Abdellatif Baka led the pack, clinching gold and setting a Paralympic world record with a time of 3 minutes and 48.29 seconds.



Ethiopia's Tamiru Demisse and Kenya's Henry Kirwa got silver and bronze, respectively.* Read more...

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