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 …