Karthik Budigina Finishes Fourth in Para Swimming at Commonwealth Games
At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Indian para swimmer Karthik Budigina finished fourth in the men's 100m Freestyle S13 final with a time of 57.57 seconds, narrowly missing a medal. Fellow Indian Imam Ali placed seventh in the same event. South Africa's Nathan Hendricks won gold, Scotland's Stephen Clegg silver, and England's Matthew Redfern bronze. Earlier, Budigina and Ali advanced to the finals after all eight heat competitors qualified. Additionally, Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men's 50m backstroke semifinals, finishing joint 14th in heats.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (50–50/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
news18 broke this story on 24 Jul, 07:00 pm. Other outlets followed.
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