India’s Prachi Yadav qualifies for Last 4

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India's Prachi Yadav on Thursday qualified for the semi-finals of canoe sprint event in women's Va'a single 200m at the Tokyo Paralympics here.

Yadav, 26, from Bhopal recorded a time of one minute, 11.098 seconds - 13.014 seconds behind leader Great Britain's Emma Wiggs (58.084s) in class VL2 heat 1.

The semi-final will be held on Friday. Yadav, who has paralysis below her waist, has competed in Para swimming at the national level as well but took up canoeing on the recommendation of her coach Virender Kumar.

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