RIO de JANEIRO -- Wichita State junior Deja Young won the T47 200 meters with a time of 25:46 Friday morning to earn a second Gold Medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games for the United States. She also won Gold on Sunday in the T47 100 meters.
With just over 16 months since she ran her first Paralympic event, and just two international Paralympic events on her resume, she has earned three Golds and a Silver.
Poland's Alicja Fiodorow ran 25.61 to earn Silver and China's Li Lu ran 26.