TOKYO - Japan's Misato Michishita won the gold medal in the women's T12 marathon in a Paralympic record time of 3 hours, 50 seconds, for one of the host nation's three marathon medals on Sunday, the final day of action at the games.
The 44-year-old visually impaired runner was a gold medal favorite in Tokyo after winning silver at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016 and achieving a three-peat at the London Marathon in 2019.
"We were all determined to complete unfinished business from five years ago," said Michishita of her team which includes guides Jun Shida and Yuka Aoyama.
"I'm very happy. I started with a conservative pace because I knew it would come down to the last half of the race. I feel like I was able to get here because I had the best guide runners and best teammates for these games," she said.
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