Nagoya, Oct 21 (ANI): Indian Paralympic medallist Preeti Pal captured a silver medal in the women's 100m T35 at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Wednesday, clocking 13.98 seconds.

Preeti finished just 0.41 seconds behind Chinese gold medallist and world-record holder Zhou Xia, who also set a new Asian Para Games record, ANI reported citing ESPN. The Bridge's coverage via Inshorts also reported Preeti's 100m silver in 13.98 seconds and noted it was her second silver at these Games.

Earlier, Preeti had won silver in the women's 200m T35 final, clocking 29.53 seconds behind China's Zhou (28.03 seconds) and ahead of Iraq's Fa Suwaed (30.82 seconds), according to the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) as reported by ANI.

With Preeti's 100m silver, India's medal tally at the Games reached 48 — 12 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze — ANI reported.

Sources: ANI via Latestly and Daily Prabhat, ESPN (via ANI), Paralympic Committee of India (via ANI), The Bridge via Inshorts.