China win 13 gold medals on second day

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-09-10 11:50

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Liu Wenjun competes during the women's 100m T54 final of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept 9, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

Pan Shiyun set a world record to win gold in the men's 50m freestyle S7. Pan clocked 27.35 seconds to beat the previous record of 27.67 set by Britain's David Roberts in 2008.

Ukraine's Ievgenii Bogodaiko took silver in 27.64 and Colombia's Carlos Serrano Zarate grabbed bronze in 28.60.

It was Pan's his third Paralympic Games gold medal after his triumphs in the 100m freestyle S7 and 50m butterfly S7 at the London 2012 Games.

Liu Wenjun clinched her third Paralympic Games gold medal by winning the women's 100m T54 final.

The 31-year-old crossed the line in a season's best 16.00 seconds to finish ahead of Tatyana McFadden of the United States by 13 hundredths of a second.

China's Li Yingjie grabbed bronze in a personal best time of 16.22 seconds.

Liu also won gold in the 100m T54 at the London 2012 Games and in the 4x100m relay T53-54 at the Beijing 2008 Games.

Cyclist Liang Guihua clinched his second Paralympic gold medal by successfully defending his C2 3000m individual pursuit title.

Liang beat Canada's Tristen Chernove by almost three seconds in the final with a time of three minutes 44.55 seconds.

Britain's Louis Rolfe defeated Colombia's Alvaro Galvis Becerra in the bronze medal match.