Swimmer Shabalina brought Russia seventh gold medal at Paralympic Games in Tokyo

Russian swimmer Valeria Shabalina won the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in the 200m freestyle, transfers TASS. The athlete finished with a time of 2 minutes 3.71 seconds. Second and third places went to British athletes Bethany Firth and Jessica-Jane Applegate.

This is Shabalina’s second gold medal at the Paralympics. August 25 she became first at a distance of 100 meters butterfly. Another Russian woman Daria Pikalova also won a silver medal in swimming at a distance of 100 m. The swimmer completed the standard in 1 minute 8.76 seconds.

The athletes competed in the S12 and S14 categories (intellectual disabilities). Russian swimmer Vyacheslav Emelyanov also previously took third place (bronze) in the 200-meter freestyle. Thus, the Russian team, which has 15 medals, is currently ranked third in the Paralympic Games ranking.