Yassine Ouhdadi finished fifth with a world record in his class in the 1500 at the Paris Games

With work done after his gold last Saturday in the 5000 meters, but wanting more, he stood on the starting line of the 1500 meters in the category T13 Yassine Ouhdadiin a trial of direct final. The new Spanish champion is looking for a second medal in Paris Paralympic Games in a test that was not his main one, but this time the challenge was greater.

Ouhdadi finished fifth in that final of 1500. With a note of 3:46.20the Spanish pulverized the world record in its T13 category. However, in this test for visually impaired athletes, those in Yassine’s class compete together, with total blindness in the left eye and 20% vision in the right, and T12, with little limit. This did not go well with the Spanish.

It is imposed with 3:44.43 (T12 Paralympic record) Russian Aleksandr Kostin in a close sprint with the Tunisian Rouay Jebabli (3:44.67, African record)Russian too Anton Kuliatin (3:44.94) and Australian Jaryd Clifford, fourth with 3:44.95 in a resolution for the ‘photo-finish’ bronze. Ouhdadi lacked another pace point in the final stretch after always being in the race.

On a rainy day in Paris, Ouhdadi came out ready to mark the Australian Cliffordwho soon took the lead in the final. He stayed in fourth place, controlling the men ahead without problem as the ocean rider tried to stretch the pack.

Ouhdadi tried to get into position after the halfway point of the race. He opened up to try to get ahead on the outside and accelerate, a turn of events that saw him rise through the pack and finish second. This caused a other rivals also picked up the pace and this affected Clifford, who gave up for some reason. However, the Australian reacted on the counterattack to give the group a strong rhythm. Kostin and Kuliatin came out in their condition and Jebabli remained well.

These last three men were the best at directing the forces in the final stage. They gained a few meters advantage that put them in danger for the medals, with Kostin winning ahead of Jebabli and Kuliatin. Meanwhile, Yassine suffered and was left out of that match in the final stagewhere he finished fifth behind Clifford who was also unable to keep up.

Despite this, Ouhdadi’s score is worth a lot for an athlete in the T13 class. His 3:46.20 broke the world record by more than two seconds of the category held by the Algerian Abdellatif Baka since the 2016 Rio Games In this way, although he has not yet achieved a second medal, Yassine closed out the Games in a big way to those who leave with which is gold at 5000 and includes this record.