Swimmer Shabalina brought Russia the first gold at the Paralympics in Tokyo

2021-08-25T10:16:08.406Z

Russian athlete Valeria Shabalina won the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in swimming. A native of Chelyabinsk, Shabalina won the 100m butterfly swim. In the final swim, the 26-year-old Russian woman showed a time of 1: 03.59. Thus, she broke the world record (1: 03.68), which she set herself two years ago. For the Russian national team, this gold award was the first at a competition in Tokyo. The Paralympics runs from 24 August to 5 September. Earlier, the standard bearer of th