GOLD EL HANNOUNI Assia FRA France SILVER BOTURCHUK Oxana UKR Ukraine<br />BRONZE VELASCO MALDONADO Daniela E. MEX Mexico LONDON, September 4<br />Assia EL HANNOUNI (FRA) defended the T12 women's 400m title she won in<br />Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 when she covered one lap of the track in<br />55.39. Terezinha GUILHERMINHA (BRA) had the lead with 150m to go but<br />France's five-time Games gold medallist prior to the gun paced her race<br />to perfection as the popular Brazilian faded down the home straight to<br />finish out of the medals. "I am very pleased with my win, but not my<br />time. There was too much wind in the stadium and I may have done better<br />without it. My focus is now on the gold in the 200m." - Assia EL<br />HANNOUNI For further information, please visit<br />http://www.paralympic.org. To watch live action and videos on demand of<br />the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV,<br />please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow<br />the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at<br />http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at<br />http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
