New Zealand para runner breaks women's 200m T36 record

KOBE, Japan, May 23 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's para runner Danielle Aitchison set a new world record for women's 200m T36 at the Para Athletics World Championships here on Thursday.

Aitchison, 22, passed the finish line by clocking 27.47 seconds at the Universiade Memorial Stadium in the central Japanese port city of Kobe.

China's 26-year-old Shi Yiting, the previous world record holder, finished second wi