Paralympics: Kenya Karasawa runs to men's 5,000 world record

Kenya Karasawa set a world record in the para-athletics 5,000 meters in the men's T11 visually impaired category with a time of 15 minutes, 9.94 seconds on Sunday, the final day of the eastern Japan corporate athletics championships in Kumagaya, north of Tokyo.The 26-year-old, who is also likely to compete in the 1,500 meters at this year's Paralympics, won the 5,000 bronze medal at the 2019 world championships in Dubai to book his first Paralympic berth.A native of Gunma Prefecture, Karasawa was born with poor eyesight and became completely blind by the time he graduated from junior high s…READ FULL ARTICLE