Prachi Yadav clinches gold in Asian Para-games canoe

After bagging silver on the first day in the women's VL-2 final, she topped the women's KL-2 event with a timing of 54.962s.

India's Prachi Yadav clinched a gold medal in the Canoe women's KL2 event to ensure the flurry of medals continued in the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games on Tuesday. 

After bagging silver on the first day in the women's VL-2 final, she topped the women's KL-2 event with a timing of 54.962s. China's Shanshan Wang took away the silver medal with a timing of 55.674s. While Iran's Roya Soltani settled for bronze by clocking 56.714s.

Prachi gave Uzbekistan's Irodakhon Rustamova a run for her money as both athletes were separated by a timing of 1.022s on the first day. 

Then she secured a silver medal finish by clocking 1:03.47s while Irodakhon claimed the gold medal with a timing of 1:02.125s. Japan's Saki Komatsu walked away with a bronze medal with a timing of 1:11.635s.

On the other hand, Manish Kaurav clinched a bronze medal in the Canoe Men's KL3 Final event to open India's medal count on Day 2.

Manish clocked 44.605s to secure a podium finish falling short of the gold by just 2.347s. Uzbekistan's Khasan Kuldashev bagged the gold medal with a timing of 42.258s. While Kazakhstan's Zhalgas Taikenov settled for a silver medal with a timing of 44.605s.

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