Cuban Durand and Sol win gold in Paris 2024 Paralympics (+Photo)

Paris, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban runner Omara Durand won the gold medal in the 400 meters flat category T12 of the Paralympic Games of Paris 2024, and her fellow countryman Robiel Yankiel Sol clinched the gold in the long jump, category T47.

September 3, 2024
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On a rainy morning day over the Stade de France multiple champion Durand, 32 years old, crossed the finishing line in 53.59 seconds, ahead of Iran’s Hajar Safarzadeh Ghahderijani (55.39) and Ukraine’s Oksana Boturchuk (55.67).

For Durand, accompanied by guide Yuniol Kindelán, this was her ninth gold medal in Paralympic Games, after those obtained in London 2012 (two), Rio de Janeiro 2016 (three) and Tokyo 2021 (three).

The Cuban runner, one of the most expected athlete in Paris 2024, is also favorite to dominate the 100 and 200 meters.

World and Paralympic record holder Robiel Yankiel Sol jumped to 7.41 meters to win the gold, repeating his feat of Tokyo 2000, ahead of Chinese Wang Hao (7.32m) and Nikita Kotukov (7.05m), a Russian jumper forced to compete under a neutral flag by IOC’s arbitrary decision.

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