Ravi Budigina’s 25.89‑second swim lifted him to bronze in the men’s 50m freestyle S13, his third medal of the Asian Para Games.
The 18‑year‑old, visually impaired from Andhra Pradesh, had already bagged silver in the 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle, turning the Games into a personal medal hat‑trick.
Kapil Kumar, 26, took silver in the 400m freestyle S10 with a time of 4:38.44, just shy of Japan’s Akito Minai’s record‑setting 4:27.44. Swatik Patil, 24, earned bronze in the 100m breaststroke SB9, finishing 1:13.77 behind Iran’s Sina Zeyghaminejad’s 1:09.47.
On the track, Shailesh Kumar cleared 1.89m in the men’s high jump T63, smashing the Games record and edging out Varun Bhati and Rahul Saroha, who took silver and bronze respectively.
India’s swim crew now sits at nine medals overall, while the athletics podium sweep keeps momentum high. The Games now head into its final stage, where swimmers and athletes will vie for the top spot on the podium.