Asian Para Games 2026: Swimmers Himanshu Nandal, Niranjan Mukundan bag bronze

Himanshu has been blind since birth due to an optic nerve failure. | Photo Credit: SAI

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.

The 22-year-old from Rohtak, who has been blind since birth due to an 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.

READ: Asian Para Games 2026: Ravi Karthik Budigina wins silver in men’s 100m freestyle S13

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.

The S13 classification is for athletes with a vision impairment. But they have the least vision loss among eligible athletes in a Paralympic sport.

Niranjan Mukundan poses for the camera after winning the 200m individual medley SM7 bronze at the Asian Para Games. | Photo Credit: PCI

Elsewhere, Niranjan Mukundan won bronze with a timing of 2:57.01 in men’s 200m individual medley SM7. Suyash Narayan Jadhav finished fifth in 3:03.40.

Published on Oct 20, 2026

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