The team comprising of Sambhavv R, Aneesh S Gowda, Tanish George Mathew, and Srihari Nataraj clocked 7:37.65 to erase the previous record of 7:45.24. In the 4x200m freestyle for men, team Karnataka broke Railways Sports Promotion Board's record set in 2016. It was a close race with Mihir Ambre of Maharashtra and Adhitya D of TNSA giving him a tough fight but Rajan Prakash, representing Kerala Police, did well to finish the race ahead of both Ambre and Adhitya, who shared the silver medal as both of them clocked 25.08 seconds. In the 50m butterfly for men, two-time Olympian Sajan Prakash lived up to the billing as he clinched the gold with a time of 24.90 seconds. I have raced with her in 2019 where I finished second behind her." She is much experienced than I am and to have won this race feels good. Maana clocked 1:05.31 and Nina Venkatesh of Karnataka finished third with a time of 1:06.39 seconds.Īn elated Ridhima stated, "I am quite happy to have beaten Maana to a gold medal. Though Ridhima missed the national record of 1:04.33 held by Maana since 2018, she finished the race in 1:04.40 to take gold. Meanwhile, in the 100m backstroke for women, 14-year-old Ridhima Veerendrakumar shocked Olympian Maana Patel of Gujarat as the youngster from Karnataka beat her to the gold medal. My focus will be on the FINA World Short Course meet this December in Abu Dhabi," Nataraj, who trains at Dolphin Aquatics under coach Nihar Ameen, was quoted as saying by the organisers. I have tapered only for seven days for this meet. But if you know me, you know I can't do anything the easy way. I decided to replace my avatar on my website for my IndieWebCamp Austin hack day project. Though not my personal best, I am quite happy to have gone under the national record. My previous avatar was almost 3 years old, and I was getting tired of it. "It's good to be racing again after the Olympics. Siva S of Karnataka finished second in 57.60 while Zavier Michael D'Souza of Goa won bronze with a time of 58.96 seconds. Though not his personal best, Nataraj clocked 55.10 seconds to set a new national record. Dominating the race right from the start, Nataraj got off to a strong start and was ahead of the pack in the first 50m and extended his lead in the second 50m after a good turn. In another brilliant swim, Srihari Nataraj improved his own national record of 55.63 seconds in the 100m backstroke for men. Shoan Ganguly of Karnataka took home the bronze with a time of 4:00.14 seconds. Rawat was more than three body lengths ahead of second-place finisher Aneesh Gowda of Karnataka, who timed 3:59.66 seconds. Rawat, who narrowly missed making it to the Tokyo Olympics as he could not improve his 'B' qualification time and get the 'A' mark, clocked 3:53.68 to create a new national record, improving on Sajan Prakash's old mark of 3:54.93 seconds set in 2018 at Trivandrum. Olympian Srihari Nataraj in 100m backstroke and the Karnataka men's quartet in 4x200m freestyle set the other two national records on the first day of action here. Bengaluru, Oct 26 (IANS): Delhi's Kushagra Rawat came up with a sensational swim in the 400m freestyle for men as he eclipsed Olympian Sajan Prakash's record on the opening day of the 74th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2021 on Tuesday that also saw two more national records were rewritten at the iconic Basavangudi Aquatic Centre here.
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