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Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the Commonwealth & Asian Games in 50m backstroke

Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the Commonwealth & Asian Games in 50m backstroke

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Srihari Nataraj qualified for the 2026 Commonwealth & Asian Games in the 50m backstroke event with a solid run in the heats of the National Championships in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. He clocked a time of 25.21s to top the heats and comfortably breached the qualification mark of 25.34s for CWG and 25.39s for the Asian Games. He is the second Indian after Sajan Prakash (200m Butterfly) to achieve the Individual qualification mark for both the coming multisport events. He, however, marginally missed out on his personal best of 25.18s from 2021 but will be trying to breach that in the finals later in the day. Meanwhile, the youngster Dhinidhi Desinghu also started her individual campaign, clocking a good time of 2:03.72s to top the women’s 200m freestyle heats. In the finals, she will be aiming to set a new national record, breaking her own record of 2:02.84s. The Asian Games qualification mark in this event is set at 2:00.76s. More to follow… Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text …

Aneesh, Hashika named best athletes

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Karnataka was crowned champion as the eventful last day of the 77th National Aquatic Championships ended in Mangaluru. Karnataka won 17 Gold medals, 12 Silver medals, and 4 Bronze medals to clinch the title while Maharashtra was the overall Runner-up with 6 Gold medals, 4 Silver Medals, and 4 Bronze medals. Aneesh S Gowda, from Karnataka, was named the Individual Champion from the Men’s category with four gold medals, and Hashika Ramachandra, also from Karnataka, claimed the top spot among Women with three gold and one silver medal. The icing on the cake for Karnataka was the creation of a new record in the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle. Prithvi M, Kartikeyan Nair, Akash Mani, and Srihari Nataraj combined to post 3:28.09 and better Karnataka’s record of 3:28.16 from 2023. While, Unnikrishnan S, Vikkas Prabhakar, Vinayak Vijay, and Anand As from the Services Sports Control Board finished second with 3:28.93. The meet also witnessed Railway Sports Promotion Board’s Shivangi Sarma, Astha Choudhury, Kanya Nayyar, and Avantika Sudhir Chavan break Maharashtra’s existing record of 4:02.24 in the Women’s …

Tamil Nadu breaks men’s 4x100m medley meet record

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Nithik Nathella, Danush Suresh, B Benedicton Rohit, and Adhithya Dinesh created a National Meet Record for Tamil Nadu by clocking 3:45.66 in the Men’s 4 x 100m Medley relay on the third day of the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024. They eclipsed the record of 3:47.22 set by the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) back in 2022. Karnataka’s Akash Mani, Vidith S Shankar, Karthikeyan Nair, and Srihari Nataraj also broke the record clocking 3:46.09 but finished second today. The International Aquatic Complex in Yemmekere, Mangaluru also witnessed Karnataka’s Aneesh S Gowda pull away from the rest of the pack as early as the second lap of the Men’s 1500m Freestyle. Dharshan S, also from Karnataka, followed him while the rest of the participants gradually fell behind. With five laps left in the race, Aneesh had opened a fair advantage and went on to finish first comfortably with a time of 16:06.11. Dharshan S came in second at 16:16.83. In the Women’s 800m Freestyle, Telangana’s Vritti Agarwal pulled the trigger in the very first lap …