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With her blistering run of 24.46 seconds, Simran snatched the third-placed finish today, right behind Colombia’s Perez Lopez and Brazil’s Barros Da Silva.
Indian para-athlete Simran Sharma (X)
Simran Sharma continues her blazing form, winning a Bronze medal in the Women’s 200m T12 Final at the World Para Championships in New Delhi on Sunday.
With her blistering run of 24.46 seconds, she snatched the third-placed finish today, right behind Colombia’s Perez Lopez and Brazil’s Barros Da Silva.
But, then Venezuela’s Perez Lopez got disqualified, meaning that Simran Sharma won the Silver.
This marks Simran’s second medal of the World Para Athletics C’ships (following her Silver medal finish in the Women’s 100m T12 Final).
Her medal takes India’s total medal tally up to 19 now.
India Putting Up A Record-Breaking Campaign Already
India’s para-athletics program reached a landmark milestone at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, delivering its best-ever medal haul in the history of the event.
Competing on home soil, Indian athletes have produced a record-breaking performance, signalling a new era for the country in global para-sport.
India surpassed all previous medal hauls at the end of last night’s competition, with a total of 18 medals (6 Gold, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze), surpassing the previous edition’s medal tally of 17 medals (6 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze), making it the best-ever performance in the championship’s history.
After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas. His long-term…Read More
After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas. His long-term… Read More
October 05, 2025, 17:25 IST
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