China continues golden run, Paua New Guinea and Poland celebrate first medals

He said he was ill before the competition and not quite in shape.

"During the first part of today's competition I did not run at my normal speed but later I pushed myself harder, caught up and won the gold," he said.

A total of 18 field and track events were contested on Monday, the eighth day of the Beijing Paralympics athletics.

Thus far, 129 out of the 160 athletics golds at the Beijing Paralympics had been given out, among which 34 went to the Chinese delegation.

Tunisia, Ukraine and Canada shared the second place on the athletics gold medal table, with nine gold medals each.

Editor:Zhang Yue