Josef Craig wins gold S7 400m freestyle

Craig wins gold S7 400m freestyle

Josef Craig has won S7 400m freestyle gold, holding off the field to storm home in world record time.

The 15-year-old Craig was in a battle with China's Pan Shiyun for half the race but finished strongly to smash the world record by three seconds with his 4:42.81.

Pan set an Asian record for his silver with 4:46.22 and bronze went to Andrey Gladkov of Russia who timed in at 4:46.76, edging out Jonathan Fox.

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