Swimming Nationals | Srihari Natraj shatters his own national record twice to clinch gold
On the second day of the Swimming nationals, Srihari Natraj went ahead to break his own national record twice on the same day to bag a gold medal in the men's 50m backstroke event. The feat was achieved at the Dr. BR Ambedkar International Aquatic Complex in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
On Day 2 of the 72nd Senior National Aquatic Championship, there were a total of five national records that were shattered in nine different categories, which included seven individual events and two team events.
In the heats, Srihari Natraj finished the race with a timing of 26:55 seconds and broke his own national record. Further, in the final race, he broke
Virdhawal Khade went ahead to clinch a gold in the men's 50m freestyle event. The second position was occupied by Aaron D’Souza and Neel Roy managed to claim the third position. Khade had also secured a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games edition.
The national record set by Sajan Prakash four years ago in the men's 1500m freestyle event was broken by Advait Page of Madhya Pradesh who finished the race with a timing of 15:42.67 seconds, better than the previous record, which was 15:45.83 seconds.
Aryan Makhija grabbed the second place, while bronze was secured by Kushagra Rawat.
Sandeep Sejwal from Delhi claimed the 200m men's breaststroke event with a timing of 2:15.76 seconds. Tamil Nadu's S Dhanush clinched the silver, clocking 2:19.32 seconds.
In the women's 4x100 medley, Yuga Birnale, Trisha Karkhanis, Kareena Shankta and Kenisha Gupta forming the SFI team, set up a new national record by completing the race in 4:29.81 seconds.
In the men's counterpart event, Srihari, Likith SP, Avinash Mani