CWG: Para swimmer Vaishnavi qualifies for S8 50m freestyle
Gold Coast (Australia), April 10 (IANS) Indian para swimmer Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap managed to enter the final of women’s S8 50 metre Freestyle category at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday.
Vaishnavi clocked a timing of 41.63 seconds to finish sixth out of seven swimmers in Heat 1 at the Optus Aquatic Centre here.
The Indian was 10.22 seconds adrift of Australia’s Lakeisha Patterson, who topped the Heat, registering 31.41 seconds.
CWG: Para paddler Vaishnavi disappoints in singles
Gold Coast (Australia), April 10 (IANS) India’s para paddler Vaishnavi Sutar on Tuesday went down 0-3 to Canada’s Stephanie Chan in women’s TT6-10 singles Group 2 match at the 21st Commonwealth Games here.
Vaishnavi failed to put up a fight in any of the three games to go down meekly 1-11, 2-11, 3-11 to the Canadian.
The Indian will next take on Faith Obazuaye of Nigeria on Wednesday.
