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Indian swimmer Himanshu Nandal clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 400m freestyle S11 event at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Tuesday (October 20, 2026).
The 22-year-old from Rohtak, who has been blind since birth due to optic nerve failure, clocked 5 minutes and 10.91 seconds to finish third in the four-swimmer field.
A graduate in political science from Delhi University’s Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Himanshu initially found his footing in judo and won medals at the national level before taking up swimming in 2021.
He had finished fourth in the men’s 100m backstroke S11 event on Monday (October 19, 2026).
The S11 classification is for swimmers with near-total visual impairment.
Meanwhile, Ravi Karthik Budigina finished fifth in the men’s 400m freestyle S13 with a time of 5:41.70.
Budigina had won a silver medal in the men’s 100m freestyle S13 event on Monday (October 19, 2026).
The S13 classification is for athletes with a vision impairment. But they have the least vision loss among eligible athletes in a Paralympic sport.
Published – October 20, 2026 02:17 pm IST
