Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos breaks world record, again
CBC Sports | Posted: May 28, 2017 4:35 PM | Last Updated: June 2, 2017
Canadian twice establishes new mark in 100m in Switzerland
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos broke the world record in the 100-metre event twice in a span of three days at the Daniela Jutzeler para-athletics in Arbon, Switzerland.
But, the Dorval, Que., native wasn't done there as he also established a new mark in the 800m.
On Thursday Lakatos, the gold medallist in the 100 at the Rio Paralympics, posted a time of 14.15 seconds to best his three-year-old world record of 14.17.
Then on Saturday, in the second round of competition, the 36-year-old established a new mark of 14.10.
In the 800m, Lakatos now holds the record with a time of 1:31.9.
Lakatos also won gold Thursday in the T53 200 and 400, including a personal best of 47.49 seconds in the latter.