Bronze medalist, Preethi Pal of Team India, celebrates following the Women’s 100m T35 Final on day two of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on August 30, 2024, in Paris, France.
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India’s Preethi Pal won a bronze medal in the women’s T35 100m event with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds at the Paralympics here on Friday (August 30, 2024).
The 23-year-old Preethi’s bronze is India’s first medal from para-athletics in the Paris Paralympics.
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China’s Zhou Xia (13.58) and Guo Qianqian (13.74) won the gold and silver respectively.
T35 classification is meant for athletes who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis, as well as cerebral palsy.
