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Marathon record falls on final day

Toronto Star

September 09, 2024

PARIS Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women’s marathon for runners with visual impairments, and Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo broke her own world record in para powerlifting on the final day of competition at the Paralympics.

El Idrissi ran the 42-kilometre course in two hours, 48 minutes and 36 seconds, breaking Misato Michishita four-year-old mark by nearly six minutes.

“I wasn’t running for a time, only for a medal,” the 29-year-old Moroccan said.

This story is from the September 09, 2024 edition of Toronto Star.

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