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The 24-year-old Simran was born prematurely and spent the next 10 weeks in an incubator, where it was discovered that she is visually impaired. With the race for the gold medal becoming a contest between Omara and Paola, Simran was engaged in a battle for the bronze with Iran’s Hajar Safarzadeh, who had a better reaction time than the Indian sprinter.

The final surge

However, Simran gave it her all in the final stretch and crossed the line before Hajar, who finished with a timing of 24.91. She had earlier finished fourth in the 100m event. After the disappointment in the 100m competition two nights ago, the 200m race offered Simran a chance at redemption, and helped by her guide Abhay Singh, the athlete went all out to stand on the podium, and succeeded too in her endeavour.

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