Canoeist Prachi Yadav finishes 8th in final

TOKYO: Indian canoeist Prachi Yadav failed to get into medal contention in the women's Va'a Single 200m VL2, finishing eighth and last in the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Friday. Prachi, who had qualified for the final by finishing third in the semifinal race earlier on Friday, clocked 1:07.329 in the final and finished 10.301 seconds behind eventual gold medallist Emma Wiggs of Great Britain, who finished the 200m course in 57.028 seconds. Australia's Susan Seipel took silver in 1:01.481 and Great Britain's Jeanette Chippington got bronze in 1:02.149 minutes. IANS

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