An extended bus ride to the stadium due to heavy traffic didn't cause Marissa Papaconstantinou to lose focus and keep her off the medal podium at the Para athletics world championships on Wednesday in India.

After qualifying third in her heat earlier in the day, the Canadian sprinter was third in the women's 100-metre T64 final, clocking 13.06 seconds for a bronze medal in New Delhi.

It is Canada's second medal at these championships, with wheelchair racer Austin Smeenk of Oakville, Ont., earning bronze in the men's 400 T34 final on a hot and humid Monday.

Papaconstantinou also collected bronze in the event at her second of three Paralympics four years ago in Tokyo.

On Wednesday, the 25-year-old Papaconstantinou endured a two-hour bus ride to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Despite the delay

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