paris visionimpaired karnataka runner rakshitha raju qualified for the womens 1500m final in the para athletics world championships here on sundayaccompanied by her guide and coach rahul balakrishna in the t11 category the 2018 para asian games gold medalist clocked 52647 seconds in the second heat to qualify for the final on mondaythe first two in each heat and the next two fastest have made it to the finalrakshitha has bagged the fifth place in a sevenmember final field slated for mondaythe field has three from kenya with mary waithera njoroge having the best timing of 45486 followed by south africas louzanne coetzee 45490 and nancy chelangat koech 51500 also from kenyarakshitha won the 1500m gold in the guangzhou asian games and became one of the first female athletes in the country to achieve the feat in her category