Brent Lakatos wins 2nd gold medal at IPC world championships
Montreal racer takes 200-metre T53 event in convincing fashion
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos won his second gold medal at the 2015 IPC world championships on Sunday in Doha, Qatar.
Lakatos, from Montreal, captured the 200-metre T53 event in convincing fashion, crossing the line in 25.79 seconds.
Jean-Philippe Maranda, of Ste-Aurélie, Que., finished sixth.
Lakatos also won a gold medal in the men's T53 100m on Thursday.
Lakatos, already the world record holder in the 100m, set a new championship record time of 14.38, beating his own record, set in 2013, of 14.51.
Lakatos, who was paralyzed at the age of six after a freak skating accident, was a three-time silver medallist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and a three-time gold medallist at the 2013 world championships in the 100, 200 and 400 metres.
With files from Anson Henry