Ravi Karthik Budigina Wins Silver in Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 at Asian Para Games
At the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, India’s Ravi Karthik Budigina won a silver medal in the men's 100m freestyle S13 swimming event, finishing with a time of 56.68 seconds. Uzbekistan’s Egor Bolotov claimed gold in 52.90 seconds, while Kazakhstan’s Viktor Volkov took bronze with 57.23 seconds. The S13 classification is for swimmers with visual impairments who have the least degree of vision loss. Budigina’s performance adds to India’s achievements in para swimming at the continental event.
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news18 broke this story on 19 Oct, 10:16 am. Other outlets followed.