Tokyo: Prachi Yadav, a canoeist from Gwalior, fished at 4th position in the Women’s 200m VL2 heat event of Tokyo Olympics and qualified for Semifinal.
She clocked a timing of 1:11.098.
She braved hains and very cold wind to achieve the feat.
Yadav is the only entry from India in this category at the mega event.
About Prachi Yadav:
Yadav was a champion para-swimmer for India switched to para canoe after her coach suggested because she had a better chance of getting to Paralympics.
Prachi has long arms, and the coach thought this would serve her well as a paddler. Paris 2024 was a long-term goal for Prachi. However, because of COVID, she got lucky with an extra year to prepare and qualified for Tokyo Olympics because of the cancelation of a qualifying events for this years’ game. She earned qualification based on her participation in 2019.
