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Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El-Idrissi has smashed the world record in the women’s marathon for runners with visual impairments on the last day of the Paralympic Games, according to the “Arab News” website.
El-Idrissi finished in 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 36 seconds on Sunday, beating the previous record from Japan’s Misato Michishita in Hofu City in December 2020 by nearly six minutes.
“I wasn’t running for a time, only for a medal,” the 29-year-old Moroccan said. “I wasn’t aiming to get the world record, just to get the gold, and now I have both.”
Compatriot Meryem En-Nourhi was just over 9 minutes behind, followed by Michishita, almost 15 minutes behind the winner.
