from RTE sports Irish teenager Micheal McKillop sensationally won gold in the 800m (T37 class) at the Paralympic Games in Beijing on Wednesday. He set a new Paralympic World record time of 1:59.39, shaving a massive 2.74 seconds off the existing mark ,which he himself set at the World Championships in 2006.
The Antrim athlete, who is coached by his father Paddy, ran a stunning race to leave the field for dead at 200metres, and take the title in this his first Paralympic Games, with over two and a half seconds to spare on the line, in front of a capacity crowd in the Bird’s Nest Stadium.
