Du Jianping wins 50m SB2 breaststroke gold

Du Jianping wins 50m SB2 breaststroke gold

China's Du Jianping has won gold in the last swimming final of the day, taking the SB2 breaststroke title.

Du's, whose time was an Asian record at 57.50s, was 0.73s up on the rest of the field in what was a close race.

The current world record holder, Mexico's Arnulfo Castorena, took silver with a time of 58.23s.

The top three were the only swimmers to go under a minute, with Dmytro Vynohradets wrapping up bronze for the Ukraine in a time of 58.51s.

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