CWG: Para swimmer Vaishnavi finishes sixth in S8 50m freestyle final (Lead)
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CWG: Para swimmer Vaishnavi finishes sixth in S8 50m freestyle final (Lead)
Gold Coast April 10 (IANS) Indian para swimmer Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap finished sixth in the final of women s S8 50 metre Freestyle at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday.
Vaishnavi clocked a timing of 42.03 seconds to finish sixth out of seven swimmers in the final at the Optus Aquatic Centre here.
Australia s Lakeisha Patterson won the final registering 30.14 seconds while Silver went to Morgan Bird of Canada with a timing of 32.03. Canada s Abigail Tripp settled for bronze clocking 32.49.
Earlier Vaishnavi managed to enter the final with a time of 41.63 seconds. 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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