Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 21 -- Indian Paralympic medalist Preeti Pal captured a silver medal in the women's 100 m T35 category at the ongoing Asian Para Games on Wednesday.

Preeti clocked a time of 13.98 seconds, finishing just 0.41 seconds behind the Chinese gold medalist and world record holder Zhou Xia, who also set a new Asian Para Games record, as per ESPN.

Earlier, she won a silver medal in the women's 200 m T35 final on Wednesday.

Preeti clocked an impressive time of 29.53 seconds, finishing behind China's gold medalist Zhou X (28.03 seconds) and ahead of Fa Suwaed of Iraq, who finished third with a time of 30.82 seconds, as per the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).

This makes it 48 medals for India at the ongoing edition of the c...