On a course looping along sun-soaked Copacabana Beach, Zou and McFadden spent the race in a lead pack of eight competitors and then sprinted to the finish. RIO DE JANEIRO—Chinese wheelchair racer Zou Lihong captured her third medal and first individual gold of the Rio Paralympics on Sunday, beating American Tatyana McFadden in a photo finish in the women’s marathon. In that race, McFadden couldn’t completely close the gap after Chinese racer Liu Wenjun got out to an excellent start. Of all her events, McFadden has performed best in the marathon, although this is her first Paralympic medal in the race. In the men’s wheelchair marathon, which started a minute before the women’s race, Marcel Hug of Switzerland won his second Rio gold and fourth medal of the games, finishing in a time of 1 hour, 26 minutes, 16 seconds.

Source: thestar September 18, 2016 22:30 UTC