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13th September 2016
07:15am BST

Sadly for Baka however, this time wasn't even enough for a place on the podium in a truly remarkable final
His brother, Abdellatif Baka, won gold with a world record time of 3:48.29 and managed to hold off a late charge from Ethiopian Tamiru Demisse who took silver (3:48.59) and Kenya's Henry Kirwa who finished with a bronze (3:49.59).
“It wasn’t easy to get this gold medal,” remarked Abdellatif after his victory. “I’ve been working one or two years none-stop and it’s been very, very hard for me.”
The T13 class is one of three classes at the Paralympics for visually impaired athletes along with the T11 and T12. The higher the number, the less severe their impairment is.
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