Indian canoe sprinter Prachi Yadav finished third in her semi-final to qualify for the women's VL2 200m of the Paralympics here on Saturday. However, in the final, she finished eighth clocking 1:08:55, nearly 10 seconds behind gold medallist Emma Wiggs of Britain.

Prachi couldn't secure a medal, but her effort was commendable. She had finished eighth even in the Tokyo Paralympics final of the women's VL2 event.

Earlier, competing in semi-final 2, the 29-year-old clocked 1:05.66 to finish behind second-placed Irodakhon Rustamova of Uzbekistan (1:04.39) and Jeanette Chippington of Great Britain (1:02.65).

On Friday, she had a fourth-place finish in the heats to make the semi-finals.

India's only male canoe sprinter, Yash Kumar's campaign ended after finishing fifth (1:02.03) in the semi-finals of the men's KL1 200m. On Friday, he had finished sixth in the heats.

Another Indian canoe sprinter, Pooja Ojha, will be competing in the women's KL1 200m semi-finals on Sunday.

India's campaign in swimming ended when Suyash Jadhav failed to enter the final of the men's 50m butterfly S7.

Silver for Navdeep

India's Navdeep Singh claimed the silver medal with a personal best effort of 47.32 metres in a dramatic men's javelin throw F41 final. Starting the competition with a foul, the 23-year-old para-athlete from Haryana came up with 46.39 metres in his second attempt which propelled him to second place.

But it was his third throw that electrified the stadium. With a remarkable throw of 47.32 metres, Navdeep shattered the Paralympic record and surged into lead, only for Iran's Iran's Beit Sayah Sadegh to better the Indian's mark and clinch the gold with a record-breaking effort of 47.64 metres in his fifth attempt.

Navdeep's silver brought India's medal tally at the Paralympics to 29. India also won a bronze medal as Simran Sharma came third in the women's 200m T12 final. Reigning world champion Simran recorded a personal best time of 24.75 seconds.