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Aryan Nehra qualifies for the Commonwealth Games in 1500m Freestyle

Aryan Nehra qualifies for the Commonwealth Games in 1500m Freestyle

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Gujarat’s Aryan Nehra lit up the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex with a record-breaking performance in the men’s 1500m freestyle and also booked his berth for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Day 3 of the 79th National Swimming Championships in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Aryan clocked 15:14.88s to swim 11 seconds faster than the CWG qualification mark which stood at 15:25.48s. Aryan is now only the third Indian swimmer after Sajan Prakash (200m Butterfly) and Srihari Natraj (50m Backstroke) to achieve the mark. Best Indian Time and #CWG2026 qualification for Gujarat’s Aryan Nehra in men’s 1500m freestyle 👏 He clocked 15:14.88s at the Senior National Aquatic C’ships, beating the previous timing of 15:29.76s. Commonwealth Games qualification time was 15:25.48s.#Swimming 🏊 pic.twitter.com/pyfeXcmkFX — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) June 18, 2026 He led from the start and maintained the pace to better his own Best Indian Performance of 15:20.91, setting a new national benchmark in the event. Karnataka’s Dharshan S (15:38.00s) and Delhi’s Kushagra Rawat (15:41.66s) settled for silver and bronze, respectively. In the women’s 100m Freestyle, Karnataka’s Dhinidhi Desinghu …

Bhavya Sachdeva wins seventh gold as Jain University extends lead

Bhavya Sachdeva wins seventh gold as Jain University extends lead

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Swimmer Bhavya Sachdeva powered Jain University to a commanding lead at the Khelo India University Games Rajasthan 2025, winning three gold medals on Thursday to raise her overall tally to seven. Competing at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium complex, Bhavya claimed individual titles in the women’s 800m freestyle (9:37.41) and 200m freestyle (2:13.55), before adding another gold in the women’s 4x100m medley relay. Jain University continued to dominate the pool, picking up eight of the 11 swimming gold medals on offer to take their overall tally to 20. Guru Nanak Dev University and Lovely Professional University (LPU) remained in a close battle for second place, with LPU eventually pulling ahead on the strength of medals in archery, shooting, judo and wrestling. LPU rose to second place with 17 gold medals, collecting four golds in archery, three in wrestling, and additional titles in shooting and judo. GNDU remained third with 15 golds after sweeping all three team titles in fencing and adding medals in shooting and judo. The archery finals saw LPU’s Anshika Kumari and Devaang Gupta …

Khelo India University Games 2025: Neeru Dhanda wins fourth straight gold

Khelo India University Games 2025: Neeru Dhanda wins fourth straight gold

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Trap shooters Neeru Dhanda and Aditya Bharadwaj helped Guru Nanak Dev University clean sweep all the four shotgun medals in the Khelo India University Games Rajasthan 2025 at the Jagatpur Shooting Range, while their cyclists won both the individual road races to take their gold medal tally into double figures on Wednesday. Neeru, the reigning Asian Shooting Championships gold medallist, clinched her fourth straight individual gold of the Khelo India University Games with a final score of 47 points and also led Guru Nanak Dev University’s complete dominance of the podium as Manisha Keer (39 points) and Nandika Singh (30) bagged the silver and bronze medals, respectively. The trio also won the team gold with a score of 344 points. Neeru had finished second behind Manisha in the qualifying but raised her levels in the final “I was determined to win the gold today as this is going to be my last Khelo India University Games. I had won the gold in the last three editions of the University Games and I wanted to end …

Dhinidhi, Srihari dazzle with 9 gold medals each

Dhinidhi, Srihari dazzle with 9 gold medals each

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Paris Olympians Dhinidhi Desinghu and Srihari Nataraj shone throughout the intense and exciting aquatics program at the National Games 2025 in Uttarakhand, winning nine gold medals each. The swimmers, representing Karnataka, won two gold medals each on the final day, helping the state grab a total of 22 gold medals from the swimming program, which incidentally was three better than the previous edition. Dhinidhi shines with 11 medals The 14-year-old Dhinidhi Desinghu, who was in constant focus at the meet, impressed everyone winning 11 medals (nine gold, one silver, and one bronze). In addition, she also re-wrote two new national records in the women’s 200m freestyle and women’s 400m freestyle. Her continuous improvement on the circuit earmarks her as a potential future star for India in swimming. What stood out for Dhinidhi was the fact that five of her golds were in the individual categories – 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, and 100m Butterfly. Other impressive performances in the women’s competition came in from Bhavya Sachedva of Delhi, who dominated the long-distance …