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News ID: 93601
Publish Date : 25 August 2021 - 21:53

Aussie Cyclist Wins 1st Gold of Paralympics With World Record

TOKYO (Dispatches) - Australian cyclist Paige Greco claimed the first gold of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after winning the women’s track cycling C1-3 3,000m individual pursuit event on Wednesday.
Greco covered the 3,000m distance in 3 minutes and 50.815 seconds in the final at the Izu Velodrome in Izu of Shizuoka, refreshing the previous C3 class world record of 3:52.283 she created just hours ago in the qualification.
China’s Wang Xiaomei claimed the silver in 3:54.975, while German cyclist Denise Schindler bagged the bronze in 3:55.120.