CWG: Para swimmer Vaishnavi qualifies for S8 50m freestyle

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.

--IANS

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