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Wheelchair champion Weir makes history

May 29, 2016 19:45 IST
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David Weir

IMAGE: David Weir of Great Britain competes. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images.

Briton's Paralympic champion David Weir became the first wheelchair athlete to complete a mile in under three minutes on Sunday.

The six-times London Marathon winner raced to a record of two minutes 57 seconds -- breaking his own previous best by six seconds -- in the Westminster Mile event in London.

"I've always said I could do it," said Weir, adding that he had completed 'the perfect race' ahead of second-placed South African Ernst van Dyk at the finish line in front of Buckingham Palace.

Weir also won the event in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

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