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China's Zheng breaks record to win gold in 100m backstroke S6

China's Tao Zheng wins the Men's 100 Backstroke S6 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday 8th September 2016. (Photo by Bob Martin/OIS/IOC)

China's Zheng Tao set a new world record to win gold in the men's 100m backstroke S6 final at the Rio Paralympics on Thursday.

Zheng clocked 1 minute 10.84 seconds to eclipse the previous record held by his compatriot Jia Hongguang by 1.43 seconds.

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