Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon has won a gold medal in the men’s 200m freestyle S4 disability class at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his third medal of the Games so far and his second gold.
Dadaon, 23, clinches the gold in 2:49.26, finishing more than three seconds ahead of silver-medal winner Roman Zhadanov of Russia, who is competing as a neutral athlete. Dadaon, who was born with cerebral palsy, holds the world record in the event of 2:44.84, which he set in Tokyo.
On Friday, Dadaon will swim in his final Paralympic race, the 50m freestyle.
So far in the Games, Dadaon has won gold in the 100m freestyle and silver in the 150m individual medley.
Overall, Israel has already racked up seven medals in Paris, including four gold medals; in Tokyo, the Israeli delegation took home nine medals, its best finish since Athens 2004.
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