MARIA Lyle has doubled her medal tally at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.

The Dunbar sprinter has just won bronze in the T35 100m at the international event.

She finished behind Xia Zhou and Qianqian Guo, of China, who also claimed the top two spots in the T35 200m, where Lyle also won bronze.

Zhou finished in a time of 13.64 seconds with Guo setting a personal best of 14.01.

Lyle, who has spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, crossed the line in 14.76 seconds.

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The World Para Athletics Championships are the first major tournament Lyle has competed at since she had an operation on her foot last year.

That saw the former Dunbar Grammar School pupil miss all of last season.

 

 

Now, attention turns to the Paralympic Games, which take place in the French capital next year.

It would be the 23-year-old's third Paralympic Games having previously competed in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021.