Brazilian para runner Jacques breaks Men's 5,000m T11 world record
KOBE, Japan, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian para athlete Yeltsin Jacques won the Men's 5,000m T11 Final with a new world record at the Para Athletics World Championships here on Friday.
The 32-year-old visually-impaired athlete clocked 14 minutes 53.97 seconds at the Universiade Memorial Stadium in the central Japanese port city of Kobe.
Outrunning his previous personal best of 15:12.37, the athlete also se