CWG Update: GoSports Foundation Athlete Prasanta Karmakar Creates History in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Bangalore October 6, 2010 - Top Ranked Indian Para-Swimmer Prasanta Karmakar has made history in Delhi by winning a Bronze Medal in the 50m Freestyle S9 Category at the S.P. Mukherjee Stadium. Prasanta, who is Asia's No. 3 Para Swimmer, has now become the first Indian ever to win a medal in aquatics at the Commonwealth Games. He is also the first Indian to win a medal in aquatics at a major competition, since Khajan Singh at the 1986 Asian Games.
Starting the finals with the fourth fastest time, Prasanta pulled off a spectacular performance finishing with a personal best time of 27.48 seconds, creating a new National record in the process.
Prasanta finished 2.15 seconds shy of first placed Australian, Matthew Cowdrey and 0.78 seconds short of second placed Simon Miller. However the real challenge for Prasanta was to hold off expected medal winner Benjamin Austin, who pushed him all the way leading to a nail-biting finish. Thanks to a perfect start Prasanta held his nerve and managed to stay ahead by out-swimming the mighty Australian. His perfect rhythm in the pool bagged him the Bronze medal and this achievement will definitely be considered the biggest result for India on Day-3 of the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
iSporter Jigar Mehta had spoken to Prasanta a few days prior to the start of the Commonwealth Games, you can read the interview here.
Commonwealth Games Medals Table
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