GOLD PAUTOVA Elena RUS Russian Federation SILVER CONGOST Elena ESP
Spain BRONZE MINETTI Annalisa ITA Italy LONDON, September 4 Elena
PAUTOVA (RUS) demonstrated her country's strength in women's middle
distance running as she sped away from Elena CONGOST (ESP) with 350m to
go to win the T12 women's 1500m in 4:37.65, uncorking a last lap of
1:10.24. The Spaniard hung on to finish second in 4:43.53, while
Annalisa MINETTI (ITA) took the bronze medal and, as a more severly
impaired athlete, also clocked a T11 world record of 4:48.88. "It's not
my first victory. The first one was eight years ago. I thought I would
not feel the fame of being Paralympic champion again, but it was my
fate." - Elena PAUTOVA. For further information, please visit
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