Asian Para Games 2026: Rohit Kumar wins breaststroke bronze
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Debutant Rohit clinched bronze helping India improve its performance in the event compared to the 2022 edition in Hangzhou. | Photo Credit: Masashi Hara
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Debutant Rohit clinched bronze helping India improve its performance in the event compared to the 2022 edition in Hangzhou. | Photo Credit: Masashi Hara
India’s Rohit Kumar clinched bronze in the Men’s 100m Backstroke SB4 at the Asian Para Games in Aichi Nagoya on Wednesday.
He clocked a timing of 1:57.25. Malaysia’s Muhammad Bin Zulkafli took gold with time of 1:41.44 while Kazakhstan’s Ali Turganbekov, with a timing of 1:44.26, won silver.
Debutant Rohit clinched bronze helping India improve its performance in the event compared to the 2022 edition in Hangzhou.
In 2022, Shaikh and Herojit Singh finished fourth and fifth respectively, with timings of 2:24.05 and 2:24.49. Rohit’s bronze-medal performance in 2026 marks an improvement over the previous edition’s results, with his timing faster by 26.80 seconds and 27.24 seconds, respectively .
SB4 is a category in para swimming classification specially laid out for the breaststroke event. It applies to swimmers with moderate coordination proiblems in the body, severe coordination of functional limitations in the trunk and legs, short stature combined with an additional impairment (such as paraplegia for instance) or certain limb-loss profiles.
Ravi Budigina, Himanshu Nandal and Kashturi Rajamani are the others who won medals in para swimming in Aichi Nagoya.
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