(Paralympic news) India’s 26 year old Prachi Yadav has qualified for the semifinal of the canoe sprint event in women’s Va’a single 200m, recording a time of one minute, 11.098 seconds, behind Great Britain’s Emma Wiggs by 13.014 seconds in class VL2 heat 1 at Sea Forest Waterway at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Yadav will participate in the semifinals on Friday and has also competed in Para swimming at the national level but pursued canoeing on the recommendation of coach Virender Kumar. She is paralyzed below her waist.

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Written with inputs from PTI.