India, July 26 -- India narrowly missed out on a para-swimming medal after a brave Karthik Budigina finished fourth in the men's 100m Freestyle S13 final at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.

In the able-bodied event, Olympian Srihari Nataraj's campaign suffered a setback as he failed to make the men's 50m backstroke final, finishing a disappointing seventh in the semifinals. Budigina settled for the fourth place with a time of 57.57 seconds.

Imam Ali, the other Indian participant in the event, ended in seventh place, clocking 1:03.73 in the medal event. South African Nathan Hendricks claimed the gold medal in 54.54s, while Scotland's Stephen Clegg bagged silver with 55.16s and England's Matthew Redfern secured bronze in 56.86s. The...