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World Para Athletics Championships Day Eight Highlights London, England, 7/21/17 click here for complete results Women's 400 m T38 Final 1. Kadeena Cox (Great Britain) - 1:02.87 2. Yuka Takamatsu (Japan) - 1:08.32 - PB 3. Torita Blake (Australia) - 1:09.24 Men's 800 m T54 Final 1. Marcel Hug (Switzerland) - 1:38.40 2. Yang Liu (China) - 1:38.69 3. Yassine Gharbi (Tunisia) - 1:38.82 ----- 5. Tomoki Suzuki (Japan) - 1:39.64 Men's Long Jump T37 Final 1. Guangxu Shang (China) - 6.58 m - CR 2. Mateus Evangelista Cardoso (Brazil) - 6.10 m 3. Vladyslav Zahrebelnyi (Ukraine) - 5.95 m - PB ----- 7. Nozomu Detohata (Japan) - 5.60 m Women's Shot Put F44 Final 1. Frederike Koleiski (Germany) - 11.53 m 2. Yuan Yao (China) - 11.48 m 3. Yue Yang (China) - 11.32 m ----- 8. Fumiko Takado (Japan) - 7.65 m Men's Shot Put F53 Final 1. Hemami Mokhtari (Iran) - 8.35 m - AR 2. Scot Severn (U.S.A.) - 8.13 m 3. Asadollah Azimi (Iran) - 7.96 m ----- 6. T...

World Para Athletics Championships Day Five Highlights London, England, 7/18/17 click here for complete results Women's 100 m T47 Final   (-0.2 m/s) 1. Deja Young (U.S.A.) - 12.39 2. Alicja Fiodorow (Poland) - 12.61 3. Lu Li (China) - 12.62 - PB ----- 7. Sae Tsuji (Japan) - 13.23 Men's 200 m T54 Final (-0.4 m/s) 1. Yassine Gharbi (Tunisia) - 24.86 - MR 2. Kenny van Weeghel (Netherlands) - 24.92 3. Leo Pekka Tahti (Finland) - 25.05 ----- 8. Yuki Nishi (Japan) - 26.27 Men's 400 m T52 Final 1. Tomoki Sato (Japan) - 56.78 - MR 2. Raymond Martin (U.S.A.) - 57.21 (MR) 3. Hirokazu Ueyonabaru (Japan) - 1:02.27 Men's Long Jump T42 Final 1. Daniel Wagner (Denmark) - 6.50 - MR 2. Atsushi Yamamoto (Japan) - 6.44 (MR) 3. Leon Schaefer (Germany) - 6.25 m Women's Discus Throw F44 Final 1. Juan Yao (China) - 39.72 2. Yue Yang (China) - 38.25 3. Sarah Edmiston (Australia) - 33.80 - AR ----- 8. Fumiko Takado (Japan) - 22.50 © 2017 Brett Larner,...