The 24-year-old Simran had a slow start in the Women's 200m T12 final but finished strong, securing third place. This marks India's first-ever medal in the Women's 200m T12 category and Simran's first Paralympic medal, earned on the penultimate day of the Games.
Omara Elias Durand of Cuba won the gold medal with a season-best time of 11.81 seconds. Oksana Boturchuk of Ukraine secured the silver, finishing in 12.17 seconds, her best performance of the season, while Katrin Nueller-Rottgardt of Germany claimed the bronze with a time of 12.26 seconds.
On Thursday morning, Shriya shared an Instagram story featuring an article about Simran and how her husband Gajendra sold his land for her to win gold for India.
