For the second time in a row, Karolina Pelendritou is on the podium at the Paralympic Games, in the 50m. freestyle, finishing second in the event final, behind China's Jia Ma who set a new world record.
Carolina Pelendritou with 29.82 surpassed herself from the qualifying effort of the morning, where with 29.92 she had the best time of the two qualifying series, but was behind the Chinese woman who with a time of 28.96 improved her own world record that she had set at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
In Tokyo Karolina Pelendritou had won the bronze, while in total she has now reached seven medals in her career in the Paralympic Games.
The action for Karolina Pelendritou will continue on Thursday, September 5, when she will participate in the 100m. breaststroke, an event in which he counts three Golds and one Silver in previous Paralympics. She was victorious in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and Tokyo 2000 and finished second in London 2012. She also holds another Bronze from her participation in the 200m. in Beijing in 2008.
