Yunidis Castillo takes T46 200m gold

Castillo takes T46 200m gold

Yunidis Castillo of Cuba has won the gold medal in the T46 200m, just beating the world record on the way to a comfortable victory.

The result was never in doubt as Castillo emerged from the turn several lengths ahead of her rivals before taking one hundredth off her record with a time of 24.45.

It was incredibly close for the final three medals; Poland's Alicja Fiodorow just took silver with 25.49 and Anrune Liebenberg shaded the bronze with 25.55.

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