LONDON: Britain’s Paralympic champion David Weir became the first wheelchair athlete to complete a mile in under three minutes on Sunday.
The six-times London Marathon winner raced to a record of two minutes 57 seconds — breaking his own previous best by six seconds — in the Westminster Mile event in London.
“I’ve always said I could do it,” said Weir, adding that he had completed ‘the perfect race’ ahead of second-placed South African Ernst van Dyk at the finish line in front of Buckingham Palace.
Weir also won the event in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Published in Dawn, May 30th, 2016
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