Paralympics 2016: Abdellatif Baka aced 1,500m race 2 seconds faster than Olympics gold winner

Algeria's Abdellatif Baka, on 11 September, won the men's 1,500-metre final in the T13 category (visually impaired) at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games with a world record timing of three minutes and 48.29 seconds.

According to a report in rio2016.com, had Baka contested the same race a month back in the Olympics, he would have won gold there too. United States' Matthew Centrowitz had won the 1500m race in the Olympics with a timing of three minutes and 50 seconds. It is also surprising to see that the runners who finished second, third and fourth also beat Centrowitz's time.