Africa-Press – Cape verde. The world record holder in the 100 and 110 meters hurdles and bronze medalist at the Rio’2016 Paralympic Games, Gracelino Barbosa, makes her debut today in the 400 meter sprint, class T20 at the Para-Athletics World Championship in Paris, France.
According to the schedule of the “World Para Athletics Championships Paris 2023′′, cited by Inforpress, the Cape Verdean international Paralympic athlete starts competing at 7:00 pm local time (4:00 pm in Cape Verde) on the track at the Charléty Stadium, then for half-time. finals, in search of a place in the final scheduled for the following day, Saturday, 15.
Bronze medalist at the Rio’2016 Paralympic Games, Gracelino Barbosa holds the status of one of the most awarded Paralympic athletes, with 23 medals won at the World Championships, 12 of which gold, in addition to several titles won at the world championships, meetings, championships from Europe, from Portugal among other races.
Gracelino Barbosa, Cape Verde’s most famous international Paralympic athlete, thus ends Cape Verde’s debut in this world championship, after Marilson Andrade in the F57 javelin throw and sprinter Heidilene Oliveira and her guide Jailson de Oliveira in the events of the 100, 200 and 400 meters dash class T12.
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