4 Paralympians ran the 1500m faster than the Olympic gold medalist
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lgerian runner Fouad Baka finished the Paralympic Games T13 1500m final in 3:49.59 on Sunday. The Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz Jr. had a time of 3:50.00. But Baka didn’t even medal in Rio. Three other visually impaired runners placed ahead of him, meaning they were faster than any of the Olympic runners.
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Baka’s brother Abdellatif Baka was the gold medalist with a time of 3:48.29. Ethiopia’s Tamiru Demisse won silver with 3:48.59 and Kenya’s Henry Kirwa won bronze with 3:49.59. Class T13 runners don’t require guides, like some of the athletes in the T11 and T12 categories.