Deepthi Jeevanji, the Indian para sprinter, made historical past on the Paris Paralympics 2024 as she received a bronze medal within the Ladies’s 400m T20 closing on the Stade de France on September 3 (Tuesday). That is India’s solely third-ever Tack and Subject medal within the Paralympics historical past. Jeevanji, the 2024 World Champion, clocked the time of 55.82s.
Reigning world champion Jeevanji was on the verge of profitable silver earlier than Turkey’s Aysel Onder, who broke Deepthi’s world report in the course of the heats, overtook her with a time of 55.23 seconds. Ukraine’s Yuliia Shuliar claimed the gold, ending in 55.16 seconds.
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Here is the video of the Ladies’s 400m T20 closing:
Large congratulations to Deepthi Jeevanji for profitable the bronze medal 🥉 within the 400M para athletics on the #Paralympics2024
She has triumphed towards all odds on the world stage.
As Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji mentioned, “The willpower of our para athletes conjures up us all.”… pic.twitter.com/yYapEibVra
— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) September 3, 2024
Jeevanji Solely The 2nd Indian To Win Medal In Monitor & Subject For India At Paralympics
Jeevanji is now solely the second Indian athlete, after Preethi Pal, who has received a medal for India in a observe and subject occasion on the Paralympic Video games. Notably, Preethi had received bronze in each the ladies’s 100m T35 and 200m T35, making her the primary Indian lady observe and subject athlete to win a number of Paralympic medals.
Jeevanji got here to the Paris Paralympics 2024 on the again of a gold medal win on the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe. She set a world report there by clocking 55.07 seconds to win the race. Previous to that, she additionally received a gold on the Hangzhou Asian Video games 2023, the place she completed with the timing of 56.69 seconds.
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