Telangana swimmer Siddhanth clinches bronze in 25 metre freestyle event

Hyderabad: Telangana swimmer Siddhanth Murali Kumar, competing in the Special Olympics World Summer Games, clinched a bronze medal with a timing of 30.57 seconds in the 25 metre freestyle event in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old thus became the first from the State to win a medal at the Special



Olympics World Games. Siddhanth trains at the Gachibowli Stadium Swimming Pool, run by Sports Authority of Telangana State, under coach Ayush Yadav, who is also the India head coach in the ongoing teams. Syria’s Diab Bahaa, with a timing of 28.63 seconds, took the gold while Portugal’s Rodriguez Ricardo took silver with 29.73 seconds.