In Paris Paralympics 2024, Indian girls have scored a hat-trick of medals in a single day. Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal won medals in the first shooting event. With this, India has now got its third medal in athletics. This medal has been won by Preeti Pal. Preeti Pal has created history by winning a medal in the athletics competition. She won the bronze medal in the women's 100m T-35 event with a time of 14.21 seconds. This is India's first medal in the track event competition of Para Games. India has never won a medal in this event so far.
Xia Zhou (China) – 13.58 (SB)
Qianqian Go (China) – 13.74 (PB)
Preeti Pal (India) – 14.21 (PB)
Find out what the T35 classification is.
The T35 classification is for athletes with co-ordination problems such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis, as well as cerebral palsy.