Karthik budigina

Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall:  Indian swimmer Karthik Budigina clinched a silver medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle S13 event at the Nagoya City General Gymnasium during the ongoing Asian Para Games here on Monday.

Karthik secured India's first swimming medal at the ongoing Games when he finished second in the 100m freestyle event with a time of 56.68s. Uzbekistan's Egor Bolotov won the gold medal with a finish of 52.90s, while Kazakhstan's Viktor Volkov won the bronze after clocking a time of 57.23s.