This is the 38-year-old swimmer's seventh Paralympic medal, and her second silver
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The Cypriot swimmer Karolina Pelendritou continues to write a brilliant page in her already great career, winning the silver medal in tonight's 50m final. free, in the S11 category, of the 17th Paralympic Games, “Paris 2024”.
In the crowded Paris La Défense Arena, Pelendritou with a time of 29.82 took second place and the silver medal.
The gold medal was won by Ma Jia with 28.96, who to beat the great Cypriot swimmer set a world record, which she held from Tokyo, and the bronze by Piddubna Maryna with a time of 30.30.
This is the 38-year-old swimmer's seventh Paralympic medal, and her second silver.
Karolina Pelendritou returns to the Paris La Défense Arena on September 5, this time to compete in the 100m breaststroke, in the SB11 category. The qualifiers will take place in the morning and the final will be held in the afternoon of the same day. 11 athletes take part in the event and the 8 fastest times will be in the final. Carolina will compete in the 1st qualifying round and the match will start at 10:19 local time (11:19 Cyprus time). The final is set for 18:24 local time (19:24 Cyprus time).
This is the 6th participation of the Cypriot athlete in a Paralympics.
Details of Carolina's Paralympic Games medals:
The beginning was made at the Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004. In the country that gave birth to the Olympics Games Carolina won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke and the National Anthem of Cyprus was heard for the first time at a Paralympics.
In Beijing in 2008, Carolina proved that the success, four years earlier, was not just by chance. In fact, she made sure she won three Paralympic medals, since apart from the gold in the 100m breaststroke, she also won the bronze in the 200m.
In London in 2012, Carolina continued her successes. . He gave Cyprus another medal, this time the silver in the 100m breaststroke.
At the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016, Carolina touched the medal again, but she remained in 4th place, but this made her even more stubborn and at the Paralympics in Tokyo 2021 (2020), Carolina raised Cyprus to the highest step again. The National Anthem was played again there in distant Japan, spreading pride throughout Cyprus. So, a bronze medal in the 50 meters and a gold in the 100 meters breaststroke.
At the Paris Paralympic Games, she already won her 7th medal, silver, in the 50 meters. freestyle, making her Paralympic medals a total of seven (3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze).
The world record and also the Paralympic record in the 50m. Ma Jia from China has held the freestyle since August 29, 2021, at the Tokyo Paralympics, with a time of 29.20.
The world record in the 100m breaststroke has been held since April 23 2024, in the city of Funchal, Portugal, Daria Luminance from Russia with a time of 1:17.65, while the Paralympic record has been held since September 1, 2021, in Tokyo, with a time of 1:19.78 by Karolina Pelendritou.
