Athletics Min-ho Jang wins two AG gold medals for the disabled with a new world record in the 400m... 46 seconds 24

(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han and joint reporters = Track and field athlete Jang Min-ho (29, Anyang City Hall) set a new world record and won two gold medals at his first Asian Para Games.

Min-ho Jang won the men's 400m (sport class T13) finals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games (Asian Para Games) held at the Mizuho Park Athletics Stadium in Nagoya, Japan on the 23rd with a record of 46.24 seconds.

The silver and bronze medals were won by Ryota Fukunaga (Japan, 47.98 seconds) and Chakrin Dammuni (Thailand, 50.03 seconds), respectively.

Min-ho Jang also set a new world record, beating the previous world record of 46.44 seconds set by Skander Jamil Atmani (Algeria) at the 2024 Kobe World Para Athletics Championships by 0.20 seconds. Minho Jang's previous personal best was 46.47 seconds.

It has been 16 years since Hong Seok-man (1 minute 34.91 seconds) in the men's 800m at the Arbonne Games in Switzerland in June 2010 that a new world record was set in Korean disabled athletics.

Min-ho Jang won the men's 100m on the 20th with a new Asian record of 10.48 seconds and won his second gold medal of the competition.

In the 100m, Min-ho Jang set a new Asian record of 10.61 seconds in the preliminaries and then lowered the record again in the finals.

Jang Min-ho ranked second overall in the 400m preliminary round this morning with a time of 50.92 seconds and advanced to the finals.

In the finals, after starting with 5 lanes, he overtook his competitors at high speed, and even worked hard on the final straight line to cross the finish line with a new world record.

Min-ho Jang, who participated in the mixed gender and men's 1,600m relay at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games last month, won two gold medals and a new world record in Nagoya when he returned.

Jang Min-ho, whose eyesight has deteriorated rapidly since last year, was diagnosed with visual impairment due to retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic disease that gradually narrows the field of vision.

However, he continued running and placed third in the men's 400m at the National Track and Field Championships, which also served as the national team selection event for this year's Asian Games, and was selected as a member of the national relay team.

In athletics for the disabled, he received the visually impaired sports grade T13 and secured the right to participate in the men's 100m and 400m Asian Para Games, becoming the first Korean athlete to compete in both the Asian Games and the Asian Para Games.

Meanwhile, Kang Oe-taek (43, Gyeongsangnam-do Athletics Federation for the Disabled), who competed in the men's club throw (sport class F32) on the same day, threw 33m 91 in the final and won a silver medal.