India's ace visually-impaired athlete Simran Sharma produced her career-best performance to win a bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024. She clocked 24.75s to finish third in the women's 200m T12 event to bring India's 28th medal at the 17th edition of the Para Games.
Simran, the gold medalist at the 2024 World Championships, paired with Abhay Singh after suffering heartbreak in a 100m event in Paris. She seemed off to a slow start compared to the other three participants but recovered well after racing ten seconds to finish third ahead of Iran's Hagar Safarzadeh Ghahderijani.
The legendary Omara Durand of Cuba finished first with another personal-best record with 23.62s to clinch her historic 11th Paralympic gold. Omara also bagged gold medals in the women's 100m and 400m categories in Paris to go down in history as one of the best Para athletes of all time.
Women's 200m - T12 Final Results
- Omara Durand (Cuba) - 23.62s
- Alejandra Paola (Venezuela) - 24.19s
- Simran Sharma (India) - 24.75s
Meanwhile, India ended Day 10's events with their seventh gold medal at the Paralympics 2024. Navdeep Singh clinched a gold in the men's javelin throw event after his Iranian opponent was disqualified despite finishing top in the finals.
Navdeep and Simran's success on Saturday also boosted India to the 15th position in the medal table. India only has one medal event lined up on the last day at the Paris Para Games tomorrow and is expected to secure a historic T20 finish.
India's Gold Medalists at Paris Paralympics 2024
- Avani Lekhara (Shooting) - Women's R2 10m air rifle standing SH1
- Nitesh Kumar (Badminton) - Men's singles SL3
- Sumit Antil (Athletics) - Men's javelin throw F64
- Harvnder Singh (Archery) - Men's individual recurve open
- Dharambir (Athletics) - Men's club throw F51
- Praveen Kumar (Athletics) - Men's high jump T64
- Navdeep Singh (Athletics) - Men's javelin throw F41
