Asian Para Games 2026: Double podium for India in women’s 200m T12; Preeti Pal wins 200m T35 silver
Simran Sharma won gold, and Tejalben Damor won bronze in the women's 200m T12. | Photo Credit: PCI
Simran Sharma won gold, and Tejalben Damor won bronze in the women's 200m T12. | Photo Credit: PCI
The women’s 200m T12 event at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium fetched dual medals for India at the ongoing Asian Para Games on Tuesday.
First, Simran set a new Games record of 24.80 seconds to strike gold, improving from a silver medal at the previous edition of the competition at Hangzhou. She even managed to shave 1.32 seconds off her previous Asiad timing.
Debutant Tejalben Damor won bronze with a personal best timing of 25.23 seconds.
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Iran’s Hajar Safarzadeh, sandwiched between the Indians, finished the race in 25.02 seconds.
Meanwhile, Preeti Pal won the silver in a field of three at the women’s 200m T35 in 29.53s. China’s Zhou Xia took gold with a Games record time of 28.03.
Preeti improved from a fourth-place finish in APG 2022, cutting her timing by 2.66 seconds.
Published on Oct 20, 2026
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