Medallists<br />GOLD ZHANG Lixin CHN - People's Republic of China<br />SILVER van WEEGHEL Kenny NED - Netherlands<br />BRONZE LIU Chengming CHN - People's Republic of China<br /><br />LONDON, 7 September<br />Wheelchair racer ZHANG Lixin (CHN) successfully defended his Beijing <br />2008 T54 men's 400m title in 46.88m, and although he was nearly two <br />seconds slower than his Paralympic record of four years ago, the best of<br />the rest of the world were still left trailing in his wake. <br /><br />""I was pleased with my performance and results. I thank the spectators <br />and crowds for the inspiration. The training was really difficult and <br />hard but it's totally worth it when I won this medal."" - ZHANG Lixin said<br /><br /><br /><br />For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To watch live action and videos on demand of the London 2012 ParalympicGames, and subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or onTwitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
