CWG 2018: Para swimmer Vaishnavi Vinod Jagta qualifies for S8 50m freestyle

Gold Coast (Australia) : 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.

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