Preethi Pal won India’s third medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday as she clinched the bronze in the Women’s 100m - T35 race. The Indian sprinter won her first Summer Games medal with a timing of 14.21. This is also India’s first Paralympic medal in track events.
The first two medals at the ongoing Games were won by shooters Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal in R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1. While Avani won gold, Mona clinched the bronze.
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In the Women’s 100m - T35 race, China’s Xia Zhou and Qianqian Guo won the gold and silver medals with a timing of 13.58 and 13.74 respectively.
The T35 classification is for athletes with coordination impairments, including conditions such as hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, and cerebral palsy.