David Korir broke the African Paralympics record to qualify
for the men’s 1500m –T13 final on Sunday, in the ongoing 2012 Paralympics Games
at Olympic Stadium in London.
28-year-old Korir who was competing in T13 category (for the
least visually impaired athletes) won his heat in a personal best of 3:52.96 to
break the African Paralympics record.
Korir will be up against triple gold medalist and Kenya’s team
captain Henry Kirwa who also advanced to the finals slated for Tuesday.
Kirwa finished second in his heat posting a time of 3:55.35 and
is set to defend his title in the 5000m – T12 on Monday.
Meanwhile, Hanna Mwangi who was competing in the 400m – T12
was disqualified for running outside of her lane.
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