Athletics - Women's 200m - T38 Final - London 2012 Paralympic Games

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Medallists GOLD CHEN Junfei CHN - People's Republic of China SILVER
GONCHAROVA Margarita RUS - Russian Federation BRONZE STRYZHAK Inna UKR
- Ukraine LONDON, 6 September The small, solid CHEN had a superb start
and had a metre advantage coming off the bend in the T38 women's 200m
which she extended down the home straight before crossing the line in
27.39, taking almost 0.5 off the former world record held by Inna
STRYZHAK (UKR) when she won at Beijing 2008. Margarita GONCHAROVA (RUS)
finished second with 27.82, adding to the gold medals in the 100m, long
jump and 4x100m she won earlier in the Games, while STRYZHAK was third
with 28.18. "I am very excited and very happy. I can't believe that. I
never thought I could win the gold. This is my first Paralympics and I
don't know many of my competitors. I am happy that I can add another
medal for my team China." - CHEN Junfei For further information, please
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