Cypriot Paralympic swimmer Karolina Pelendritou easily qualified for the SB11 category 100m breaststroke final on Thursday, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

In the qualifying race at La Défense Arena, Karolina finished first in her heat with a time of 1:25:29, ranking third overall behind Daria Lukyanenko and Ma Jia.

The final will be held on Thursday at 19.24pm Cyprus time.

Pelendritou, 38, won silver on August 31 in the S11 50-metre freestyle in Paris, behind China’s Ma Jia (28.96).

This was Pelendritou’s seventh Paralympic medal, as she won three golds, a silver and two bronze in previous Paralympics.

Meanwhile, Cyprus Sports Organisation president Yiannis Ioannou visited the Paralympic Village on Wednesday and spoke with Cyprus’ paralympic athletes.

Ioannou referred to a scheme in place for the vocational rehabilitation of all athletes who qualify in Olympic and Paralympic Games.

President Nikos Christodoulides also sent a message through a live link, praising the athletes.

Deputy Social Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou, Cyprus’ ambassador to France Pavlos Kombos, president of Cyprus’ National Paralympic Committee Andreas Kamarlingos, among others, also visited the Paralympic Village.