Budigina narrowly misses out on medal in para swimming; Nataraj fails to make finals

GLASGOW: (Jul 24) India narrowly missed out on a para-swimming medal after a brave Karthik Budigina finished fourth in the men’s 100m Freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.

In the able-bodied event, Olympian Srihari Nataraj’s campaign suffered a setback as he failed to make the men’s 50m backstroke final, finishing a disappointing seventh in the semifinals.

Budigina settled for the fourth place with a time of 57.57 seconds.