China win 13 gold medals on second day

Zou Lijuan competes during women's javelin F34 of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sept 9, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

World record holder Zou Lijuan took gold in the women's javelin F34, beating Finland's Marjaana Heikkinen in the final.

Zou recorded a best throw of 21.86 meters, 3.44 meters further than Heikkinen's longest effort.

Germany's Frances Herrmann claimed bronze with a top throw of 18.66m.

Zou Liankang set a new world record to win gold in the men's 100m backstroke S2.

The 21-year-old clocked 1:45.25 seconds to smash the previous record of 1:50.67 set by compatriot Liu Benying.

Liu took silver in 1:48.29 with Ukraine's Serhii Palamarchuk claiming bronze in 1:49.76.

Sun Qichao fell just short of the world record as he took gold in the men's 400m T12.

The visually impaired 21-year-old crossed the line in 48.57 seconds, just five hundredths of a second slower than the record set by Tunisia's Khaldi Mahmoud at the London 2012 Games.

Morocco's Afri Mahdi took silver in a personal best 49.00 seconds and Portugal's Luis Goncalves claimed bronze in 49.54.

China set a new world record to win gold in the mixed 4x50m freestyle 20 points. The Chinese team clocked two minutes 18.3 seconds to eclipse the previous record of 2:29.80 set by Brazil last year.

Brazil took silver in 2:25.45 and Ukraine bronze in 2:30.66.