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In Tokyo Games, Prachi Yadav finished 8th in the final of the Women’s VL2 event. (Pic Credit: IG/prachiply)
Winner of each heat qualify directly to the final, while the remainder goes to the semifinals. The three fastest athlete of each semifinal make it to the final.
India’s canoeists Prachi Yadav, Pooja Ojha and Yash Kumar qualified for the semifinals of their respective events of the 2024 Paris Paralympics on Friday.
While Prachi and Pooja Ojha clocked 1:06.83 and 1:16.09 in women’s va’a single 200m VL2 heat 1 and KL1 200m heat 2 respectively, Yash came up with a timing of 1:03.27 in men’s KL 200m heat.
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The semi-finals will take place on Saturday.
Winner of each heat qualify directly to the final, while the remainder goes to the semifinals. The three fastest athlete of each semifinal make it to the final.
In Tokyo Games, Prachi had finished eighth in the final of the Women’s VL2 event.
KL1 classification is for athletes with no or extremely limited trunk function and no function in the legs, while VL2 is for those with partial leg and trunk function, able to sit up straight in the kayak but may require a high-backed seat.
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