Morocco's Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women's marathon for runners with visual impairments on the last day of the Paralympic Games.
El Idrissi finished in 2 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds on Sunday, beating the previous record from Japan's Misato Michishita in Hofu City in December 2020 by nearly six minutes.
I wasn't running for a time, only for a medal," the 29-year-old Moroccan said. "I wasn't aiming to get the world record, just to get the gold, and now I have both."... Читать дальше...