Swimmer Kapil Kumar Wins 400m Freestyle S10 Silver In Asian Para Games

Indian swimmer Kapil Kumar clinched the silver medal in the men's 400m freestyle S10 event at the Asian Para Games on Thursday. The 26-year-old clocked 4:38.44 to finish second behind Japan's Akito Minai, who set a Games record en route to winning gold in 4:27.44. Iran's Shahin Izadyar claimed bronze in the five-swimmer field with a time of 4:38.65. Swimmers in the S10 class typically have minimal physical impairments, such as weakness affecting their legs, missing feet, a leg missing below the knee, or issues affecting hip movement.

In Paralympic swimming, the prefixes S, SB and SM denote the stroke category. S applies to freestyle, backstroke and butterfly events, SB to breaststroke events, and SM to individual medley events.

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