Omara elias durand

World Para Athletics Championships: : India's Simran Sharma missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the Women's 100m—T12 final in the Paralympic Games in Paris here on Thursday. Simran clocked 12.31 seconds in the four-player final. She made a great effort in the final but could not get into the medal position as she was hampered by a slow start and could not make up for it.

Omara Elias Durand of Cuba, who finished in a season-best timing of 11.81 seconds, won the gold medal; Oksana Boturchuk of Ukraine, who took silver in 12.17, her best for the season while Katrin Nueller-Rottgardt of Germany, who claimed the bronze medal in 12.26 seconds.

Simran, who ran with guide Abshay Singh, had a slow start and could not recover from it as she clocked 12.31 seconds.