Paris, Sep 4 (PTI) India's Simran cruised to the women's T12 100m semifinals with a season's best effort of 12.17s at the Paris Olympics here on Wednesday.

Accompanied by her guide Abhay Singh, the 24-year-old reigning world champion from New Delhi topped her heat.

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Simran, who was born prematurely with visual impairment, was ranked second overall, finishing behind reigning Paralympic champion and world record holder Omara Durand of Cuba, who also ran a season best of 11.87s, in the 16-member field to comfortably seal her passage into the semifinal, which will take place on Thursday.

The T12 category is meant for athletes who have vision impairment.

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