14:32
7 years ago
Dan Palmer
in London
Dan Palmer

Martin wins sixth Paralympic gold medal and second at Rio 2016 with T52 1500m victory

Raymond Martin wins his second Rio 2016 title and sixth overall! The American overtakes Japan's Tomoki Sato on the last bend to win the men's T52 1500 metres in 3:40.63.

The quadruple London 2012 winner adds to the 400m title he has already won in Rio.

Sato is second in 3:41.70 and Thailand's Pichaya Kurattanasiri takes bronze in 3:53.96.

Japan, the hosts of the next Summer Paralympics in Tokyo in 2020, still don't have a gold medal in Rio.


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