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.
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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.
Dit verhaal komt uit de September 09, 2024-editie van Toronto Star.
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