First day noticed 5 new video games file being rewritten with Astha Choudhury setting two meet information on her strategy to gold in 100m butterfly occasion.
First day noticed 5 new video games file being rewritten with Astha Choudhury setting two meet information on her strategy to gold in 100m butterfly occasion.
Olympian Sajan Prakash (Kerala) and Astha Choudhury (Assam) prevented a clear sweep by Karnataka on the opening day of the swimming occasions of the 36 th National Games on the Sardar Patel Aquatic complicated right here on Sunday.
The first day additionally noticed 5 new video games file being rewritten with Astha Choudhury setting two meet information on her strategy to gold in 100m butterfly occasion. Sajan made up for his disappointment in 200m freestyle by profitable the 100m butterfly. However, the Kerala swimmer was not at his greatest, failing to interrupt this personal meet file within the occasion.
It was memorable occasion for nationwide champion Aneesh S.Gowda to beat his hero Sajan Prakash within the 200m freestyle. Aneesh stalked Sajan initially after which pulled forward after 100 metres. The Karnataka lad completed strongly to set a brand new mark as Sajan Prakash light approach. Aneesh clocked 1:51.88s to interrupt Aaron D’Souza’s previous mark (1:52.06s) set in 2015.
The 18-year-old Astha Choudhury warmed up by setting a brand new mark (1:03.90s) within the heats within the morning. However, within the remaining, Astha trailed Nina Venkatesh after the primary 5O metres however the Assam lady discovered momentum after 60 metres and pulled forward of the sphere to complete strongly with a brand new file (1.03.37s).
Karnataka’s Hashika Ramachandra got here up with a commanding present to set a brand new mark in ladies’s 200m freestyle. Dhindihi Desinghu managed to remain afloat with Hashika initially nevertheless it grew to become a one horse race after the 100 metres. Hashika powered forward to complete in 2:07.08 and broke Shivani Kataria’s previous mark (2:07.46) set in 2015.
The males’s 4x100m freestyle noticed Tamil Nadu push Karnataka until the top and it wanted a superlative effort from Olympian Srihari Nataraj within the remaining leg to make sure gold for his State. Karnataka quartet of Aneesh S. Gowda, R. Sambhavv, M. Prithvi and Srihari Nataraj set a brand new video games file (3:27.32) within the course of. Karnataka simply the ladies’s 4x100m freestyle relay by setting a brand new meet file. The group comprising. S. Rujula, Lattiesha Mandanna, Nina Venkatesh and Ridhima clocked 4:10.03 to interrupt the previous file (4:04.57) set by Maharashtra in 2015.
The outcomes
Men: 200m freestyle: 1. Aneesh S.Gowda (Kar) (1:51.88 -NGR; OR-1:52.06, AaronD’Souza, MP, 2015), 2. Sajan Prakash (Ker), 3. Vishal Grewal (Del); 100m butterfly: 1. Sajan Prakash (Ker) (55.32), 2. Bikram Changmai (Asm), 3. Sanu Debnath (Ben); 4x100m freestyle relay: 1. Karnataka (3:27.32– NG; OR –3:32.32, Kerala, 2015), 2. Tamil Nadu, 3. SSCB.
Women: 200m freestyle: 1. Hashika Ramachandra (2:07.08 -NGR; OR – 2:07.48, Shivani Kataria, Haryana, 2015), 2. Dhindihi Desinghu (Kar), 3. Bhavya Sachdeva (Del); 100m butterfly: 1.Astha Choudhury (Asm) (1:03.37 – NGR; OR- 1:03.90- Astha Choudhury, Assam, 2022), 2. Tanishi Gupta (Kar), 3. Nina Venkatesh (Kar); 4x100m freestyle relay: 1. Karnataka (4:03.10 – NGR; OR – 4:04.57, Maharashtra, 2015).
Source: www.thehindu.com