PM Modi Congratulates Preeti Pal for Bronze at Paris Paralympics 2024, Says “This Success Will Certainly Motivate Budding Athletes”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Preeti Pal for winning a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T35 race at the Paris Paralympics 2024. On X, Modi wrote, “More glory for India as Preeti Pal wins a bronze medal in the 100m T35 event at the #Paralympics2024. Congratulations to her. This success will certainly motivate budding athletes.”

More glory for India as Preeti Pal wins a Bronze medal in the 100m T35 event at the #Paralympics2024.

Congratulations to her. This success will certainly motivate budding athletes. #Cheer4Bharat

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2024

On Friday, Pal secured third place with a personal-best time of 14.21 seconds in the 100m T35 race. China’s Xia Zhou won gold with a season-best time of 13.58 seconds, while Qianqian Guo took silver with a personal-best time of 13.74 seconds.

BRONZE 🥉 For INDIA 🇮🇳

🏃‍♀️ Preethi Pal wins bronze medal in the Women's 100m T35 Final.#Paris2024#Cheer4Bharat#Paralympics2024#ParaAthletics@mansukhmandviya@MIB_India@PIB_India@IndiaSports@ParalympicIndia@PCI_IN_Official@Media_SAI@AkashvaniAIR@DDNational… pic.twitter.com/igEYUhtpmu

— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) August 30, 2024

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Earlier in the day, Avani Lekhara won gold and Mona Agarwal claimed bronze in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 final. Manish Narwal also secured a silver medal in the P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 shooting event.

She previously won a bronze medal in the women’s 200m T35 at the World Para Athletics Championships in May 2024. The Paris Paralympics have marked a strong start for India, which has sent its largest-ever contingent of 84 athletes across 12 sports. India aims to build on its success from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, where it won 19 medals.