India, Oct. 20 -- Indian swimmers Himanshu Nandal and Niranjan Mukundan added two bronze medals to the country's tally with podium finishes in their respective events at the Asian Para Games here on Tuesday.

Himanshu, the 22-year-old who was born blind due to an optic nerve failure, clocked 5:10.91 to finish third in the four-swimmer field in the men's 400m freestyle S11 event. Niranjan then completed the men's 200m individual medley SM7 event with 2:57.01 to secure a bronze, while Suyash Jadhav finished fifth with a time of 3:03.40. However, Chaitanya Kulkarni finished fifth in the men's 100m freestyle S6 final with a time of 1:12.35.

The S6 classification in para-swimming is for athletes with moderate physical impairments, short statu...