Asian Para Games 2026: Ravi Karthik Budigina wins silver in men’s 100m freestyle S13
The Indian para swimmer clocked 56.68 seconds in Aichi-Nagoya, finishing 3.78 seconds behind Uzbekistan’s Egor Bolotov after trailing further in the final 50 metres.
Updated : Oct 19, 2026 15:39 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ
Ravi Karthik, swimming on the fifth lane, covered the 100m stretch in 56.68s. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Ravi Karthik, swimming on the fifth lane, covered the 100m stretch in 56.68s. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Para swimmer Ravi Karthik Budigina on Monday won the silver medal in men’s 100m freestyle S13 at the ongoing Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Ravi Karthik, swimming on the fifth lane, covered the stretch in 56.68, a good 3.78 seconds slower than the eventual gold medallist Egor Bolotov of Uzbekistan.
Ravi Karthik raced the first 50m in 27.51 seconds before Bolotov opened up a further 1.4-second gap in the final 50.
Kazakhstan’s Viktor Volkov bagged the final podium place with a 57.23s finish.
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Published on Oct 19, 2026
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