The Bronze medal in the women's 50m freestyle category S11 at the Tokyo Paralympics was won again by Carolina Pelendritou in the replay race held a while ago, thus retaining five medals at the Paralympic Games.
The Cypriot “princess of the pool” scored a time of 29.79, further improving her performance compared to the match that was canceled (29.80). It is recalled that in her qualifying series, Pelendritou had achieved a world record with 29.92, breaking the record set by the Chinese Ma in a previous series.
It is worth noting that the podium remained the same as in the first race. That is, the Gold was won by Ma Zia from China with a new world record at 29.20 (from 29.46), the also Chinese Li Gizi the Silver with 29.72 and the Bronze Carolina, while in the fourth place, as well as In the first race, the Dutch Lisete Bruinsma finished, after which the initial final was canceled.
