China win 6 golds on 3rd day of Paralympics
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Peng Qiuping of China reacts after the women's 50m backstroke S3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 10, 2016. Peng claimed the title and broke the world record. [Xinhua] |
![Peng Qiuping of China reacts after the women's 50m backstroke S3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 10, 2016. Peng claimed the title and broke the world record. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20160911/001aa0ba3c6a193f110b1b.jpg "Peng Qiuping of China reacts after the women's 50m backstroke S3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 10, 2016. Peng claimed the title and broke the world record. [Xinhua]")
Peng Qiuping smashed her own world record to win gold in the women's 50m backstroke S3.
The 22-year-old clocked 48.49 seconds at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium to beat her previous record of 49.91.
Fellow Chinese swimmer Meng Guofen took silver in 51.42 and Lisette Teunissen of the Netherlands claimed bronze in 53.44.
Peng, who suffers from impaired muscle power, also won gold in the mixed 4x50m freestyle 20 points at these Games.
Chinese teenager Xu Xihan beat Sarah Louise Rung of Norway to take gold in the women's 50m butterfly.
Xu, 16, touched the line in 43.62 seconds, 2.05 seconds ahead of Norway's Sarah Louise Rung. Italy's Giulia Ghiretti claimed bronze.
Xu's visual impairment is the result of a car accident at age 13 months.
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