Omara Durand remains invincible and is proclaimed champion in the 400 meters

The CubanOmara Durand became Paralympic champion for the sixth time by winning the 400 meters (T12 category) at Tokyo 2020 with a mark of 52.58 seconds, the best of the campaign.

Owner of the universal record with 51.77, the Santiago native surpassed her companions on the podium in the classic mile, the Ukrainian Oksana Boturchuk (55.33) and the Venezuelan Alejandra Pérez (57.06).

"I want to thank the people of Cuba very much, to have confidence that we are going to have a good race," he had told the digital siteJit hours before the race.

Guided as usual by Yuniol Kindelán,The 29-year-old thus added a new page to a file that also has 11 titles in world championships., and that could still add the gold prizes in the 100 and 200 meter specialties of its category.

The Cuban aspirations to be among the top 20 countries in the medal table of the summer competition pass through the legs of Durand, who after his first feat in the Japanese capital left the island delegation in place 33 with a harvest of twogolden metals, one ofthe payment and another ofbronze.