Belagavi: Para swimmer Swatik Patil from Mutaga village in Belagavi won bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 event at the Aichi–Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games in Japan.Patil finished third in 1 minute, 13.77 seconds. Iran’s Sina Zeyghaminejad won gold with a time of 1:09.47, while compatriot Shahin Izadyar took silver in 1:13.23.Patil, the son of Narayan Patil and Changuna, is a graduate of NIT Allahabad and works as a software developer at Zopping while competing in elite swimming.He trains for nearly 6 hours daily, dividing his practice between the Olympic-size pool at KAHER’s Suvarna JNMC campus in Belagavi and Nettakallappa Swimming Centre in Bengaluru.His competitive swimming career has been guided by mentor Umesh Kalghatagi and coaches Sharat Chandra, Ankush Kanbarkar, Akshay Sheregar, Ajinkya Mendke, Nitish Kuduchkar and Govardhan Kakatkar.
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