China's Zhou takes women's 800m T53 gold at Kobe Para Athletics Championships

KOBE, Japan, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China's Zhou Hongzhuan won the gold medal in the women's 800m T53 final at the Para Athletics World Championships here on Sunday.

Zhou, 35, passed the finish line in one minute 56.54 seconds at the Universiade Memorial Stadium in the central Japanese port city of Kobe, overtaking her teammate Gao Fang who clocked 2:03.14 for the silver medal.

Both wheelchair racers, despite