Skander Athmani of Algeria has broken the world record to win gold in the Men’s 400 T13 competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Olympics on Thursday morning.
The 29-year-old stormed into first place with a time of 46.70 seconds at the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, ahead of second-place Mohamed Amguoun of Morocco, who finished a full second behind. Johannes Nambala of Namibia took bronze with a run of 48.76 seconds.
Amguoun was the previous world record holder with a time of 46.92 seconds, which he had set at the 2017 World Championships in London. The 32-year-old Moroccan had also won gold in the 400m T13 at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and bronze four years earlier in London.
