Paralympics 2024: Para-Athletics: Bronze for Preethi Pal, Silver for Nishad Kumar - HIGHLIGHTS

Final lap now and South Africa's Coetzee leads

Rakshitha has fallen way behind now. 

Priscah and Shanshan off to an early lead.

Rakshitha has fallen to the end of the pack. 

And Rakshitha is away...

Rakshitha up next in Heat #3

Heat #2 has concluded...

Rakshitha Raju is in Heat #3

Round 1 Heat 1 has concluded

Athletes rely on a guide-runners in this event...

A guide-runner is tethered to the blind athlete by a 30cm string tied to the wrists. 

And the string must be tethered between the guide and the athlete at all times through the course of the race. 

Heat 1 is now underway!

This is a complete visual impairment category. 

How do the athletes progress in the Women's 1500m - T11 event?

The first in each heat will qualify and the next three fastest will then qualify and advance to the finals.