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Simran wins second Asian Para Games gold with Games record

Simran Sharma clocks 12.02 seconds in the women's 100m T12 final.

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Simran Sharma secured her second gold at the Asian Para Games by winning the women's 100m T12 in 12.02 seconds, setting a Games record. She had previously won the 200m title on Tuesday.

Key takeaways

  • Simran won the women's 100m T12 with a Games record time of 12.02 seconds.
  • She had already won the 200m gold with a new Games record on Tuesday.
  • Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh finished second in 12.30 seconds.
  • Indonesia's Made Ni Putri took bronze with a time of 12.51 seconds.
  • Simran won bronze at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Indian sprinter Simran Sharma collected her second gold medal at the Asian Para Games by winning the women's 100m T12 competition with a Games record time of 12.02 seconds on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

Simran finished ahead of Iran's Hajar Safarzadeh, who clocked 12.30 seconds. Indonesia's Made Ni Putri finished third with a timing of 12.51 seconds. T12 classification covers athletes with moderate visual impairment.

Simran had also won the 200m gold with a new Games record on Tuesday, October 20.

India's Dilip Gavit won the gold medal in the men's 100m T47 event at the Asian Para Games while Mohammed Morssinganakath clinched silver in the same event in Nagoya on Wednesday. Gavit clocked 10.69 seconds to win the gold, while Morssinganakath took the silver with a time of 10.72 seconds. China's Kangjun Shi won the bronze, clocking 10.80 seconds. T47 is for athletes with a unilateral upper-limb impairment that causes low-to-moderate asymmetric balance and coordination challenges.

The 26-year-old Simran, who won a bronze in the 2024 Paris Paralympics, is on a comeback trail with her new guide Shivam after her previous guide Umar Saifi was banned for a doping violation. Simran had won silver medals in both her events in the 2023 Hangzhou edition of the Games.

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