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RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's Zhang Li secured her third gold medal of the Rio Paralympics by winning the 100m freestyle S5 final on Saturday.
The 18-year-old clocked one minute 18.85 seconds to beat Spanish world record holder Teresa Perales by 1.62sec at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Brazil's Joana Maria Silva grabbed bronze in 1:23.21.
Zhang also claimed gold in the 200m freestyle S5 and 50m freestyle S5 in Rio.
