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Women's 200m - T37



Australia's Lisa McIntosh led from start to finish, picking up her second gold medal in Beijing, in 29.28 seconds. The 200m - T37 gold repeats the gold she won in the Sydney Games and is an improvement on her silver in Athens.

Viktoriya Kravchenko from Ukraine picked up the silver medal, in 29.60 seconds, ahead of bronze medalist Maria Seifert of Germany, in 29.90 seconds.

Athens gold medalist Evgenia Trushnikova (Russia) finished in fifth place, one place behind the Athens bronze medalist Isabelle Foerder (Germany). McIntosh's world and Paralympic record (28.42s) remains unbroken.

Men's 200m - T54

China's Zhang Lixin wasn't able to better the world and Paralympic record (24.18 seconds) he set in the heats, but his 24.35s was enough for the gold medal.

The fight for the minor medals was extremely close. Silver medalist Saichon Konjen (Thailand) managed to get the edge, in 25.15 seconds, on the Athens gold medalist Leo Pekka Tahti (Finland), who had to be content with bronze, in 25.17 seconds. Athens silver medalist Kenny Van Weeghel of the Netherlands finished in fourth position, in 25.28 seconds.

Women's 1500m - T13

Tunisia's Somaya Bousaid led from the start, to win gold in 4:14.00. Assia El'Hannouni from France picked up the silver medal in 4:19.20.

Russia's Elena Pautova came home strong, in 4:32.91, to secure the bronze medal ahead of her teammate, Rima Batalova, who finished in fourth-place (4:44.21).

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