With this medal, the ninth of her Paralympic career, The 32-year-old swimmer becomes the Colombian parathlete with the most medals in history.
In Tokyo-2020, Crispín took home four medals (one of them gold), in Rio-2016 he won three and last Friday he won silver in the 200m medley.
He is closely followed by his compatriot Carlos Serrano, also a swimmer, who currently has eight Paralympic medals, including two golds (one in Rio and one in Tokyo) and a bronze he won on Friday in Paris.
“VLet’s enjoy the money today, and tomorrow we’ll think about recovery.“said Crispín, who will compete in the 50-meter butterfly on Tuesday and in the 100-meter freestyle on Friday in his S6 category.
This category includes paraswimmers with moderately impaired coordination on one side, severely impaired coordination in the lower trunk and legs, or those with short stature or missing limbs.
In his case, the Colombian suffers from achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder that causes the most common type of dwarfism.
On the other hand, María Paula Barrera Zapata placed sixth in the 100m Freestyle S10 with a time of 01:01.33, achieving a valuable Paralympic Diploma.