BHOPAL: MP’s para canoer Prachi Yadav will appear for her event at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Thursday morning.
Prachi will contest in the women’s 200m VL2 event. Her coach Mayank Thakur said Prachi is confident of winning a medal.
India’s only para-canoe in the tournament, Prachi told TOI over phone: “I am getting the timing of around 1.04 minutes, which is enough to get a medal in the event. I will put my best foot forwar.”
“I have come here along with Prachi with the only aim of winning a medal for the country. We have kept our fingers crossed,” said Thakur. Secretary general, Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association (IKCA), Prashant Kushwaha wishes Prachi good luck for the event. “She can make wonders,” said Kushwaha.
Notably, Prachi was a champion para-swimmer for India, but switched to paracanoe on the insistence of Thakur, who realised that she had a better chance of getting to Paralympics.
