India's Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the bronze medal in the women's 400m T20 final at the Paris Paralympics after clocking 55.82 seconds. Follow the race highlights here
Welcome to the highlights of the women's 400m T20 final at the Paris Paralympics. After getting off the blocks in real good fashion, Deepthi could not finish it on a high note as she ended third with 55.82 secs, 0.164 secs more than the gold medallist Yulia Shuliar of Ukraine. However, her great run in the final helped India win their 16th medal at the Paris Paralympics.
The women's 400m T20 final at the Paris Paralympics is expected to start at 10:38 PM IST.
We are under 20 minutes away from the start of the women's 400m T20 final at the Paralympic Games in Paris. India's Deepthi qualifed after finishing first in yesterday's heat with a time of 55.45
India's track and field para-athlete Deepthi Jeevanji (55.07 sec) has the world's second fastest time in the women's 400m T20 category.
Deepthi has had a brilliant last two years as she broke the Asian record to win gold at the 2023 Para Asian Games, and then won gold again at the 2024 World Championships after breaking the world record. She will be very hopeful of a gold here.
Deepthi, running on lane 7, clocked 55.82 and is a bronze medallist at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
After getting in a good start, controlling her pace, she went past Brenna Clack into second in the second bend. As she hit her next gear, it was sheer magic from Yulia Shuliar on lane 8 who won gold, while Ayser Onder, who broke the Indian’s World Record last evening, settled for silver.
The women's 400m T20 final in numbers
Yulia Shuliar (UKR) - 55.16
Ayser Onder (TUR) - 55.23
Deepthi Jeevanji (IND) - 55.82
After getting off the blocks in real good fashion, Deepthi could not finish it on a high note as she finished third with 55.82 secs, 0.164 secs more than the gold medallist Yulia Shuliar of Ukraine. However, her great run in the final helped India win their 16th medal at the Paris Paralympics.
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