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The next gold medals for the German team at the Paralympic Games: Taliso Engel and Elena Krawzow gave the swimmers in Tokyo a golden day.
World and European champion Engel won the 100 meter chest in a world record time of 1: 02.97 minutes and undercut the previous record by six tenths of a second.
Engel relegated David Henry Abrahams (USA) to second place with just under a second and a half.
Already in the morning, the visually impaired 19-year-old had broken the old world best time in 1: 03.53 minutes in the starting class SB13.
Even Krawzow didn't give the competition a chance over the same distance.
The 27-year-old won the women in the starting class SB13 after a strong race to catch up in 1: 13.46 minutes.
After silver in London and a disappointing fifth place in Rio, Krawzow was crowned Paralympics winner for the first time.
It was the first German swimmer gold medal since London 2012; there was no triumph in Rio.
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