Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Simran
Vats on winning the silver medal in Women’s 100m T12 event at Asian Para Games
2022 in China’s Hangzhou.
The Prime Minister posted on X, “A wonderful Silver
for Simran Vats in the Women’s 100m T12 event. Congratulations on this splendid
victory. This outstanding performance is a testament to her dedication and
talent.”
India’s Simran Vats with a stellar performance bagged
a silver medal in the women’s 100m T12 event in the ongoing 4th Asian Para
Games on Tuesday.
With an impressive timing of 12.68s, Simran claimed silver
falling short of gold marginally by 0.16s. Indonesia’s Ni Made Arianti Putri
broke the Asian Para Games record timing to claim the gold medal.
The previous record was held by China’s Guohua Zhou
for nine years with a timing of 12.56s. Putri bested the timing and set a new
record of 12.52s.
Earlier in the day, Manish Kaurav clinched a bronze
medal in the Canoe Men’s KL3 Final event to open India’s medal count on Day 2.
Manish clocked 44.605s to secure a podium finish
falling short of the gold by just 2.347s. Uzbekistan’s Khasan Kuldashev bagged
the gold medal with a timing of 42.258s. While Kazakhstan’s Zhalgas Taikenov
settled for a silver medal with a timing of 44.605s.
While, Prachi Yadav after bagging a silver on Day 1 in
the women’s VL2 final, topped the women’s KL2 event with a timing of 54.962s to
bag a gold medal. China’s Shanshan Wang took away the silver medal with a
timing of 55.674s. While Iran’s Roya Soltani settled for bronze by clocking
56.714s.
The Indian contingent will be keen to replicate the
success of Day 1 as they ended with 17 medals – 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze.
This time India have sent 303 athletes – 191 men and
112 women – to the fourth edition of the Asian Para Games which is the largest
contingent to the continental event.
At the 2018 Asian Para Games, India sent a total of
190 athletes and returned with 72 medals, including 15 gold, for their best
performance at the quadrennial event.
ANI
