Aarohi wins rare national medal in 200m butterfly
Panaji:
Aarohi Borde did her growing reputation no harm when she picked up a medal in girls' 200m butterfly event at the 51st Junior National Aquatic Championships at Ahmedabad earlier this week.
Competing in a tough field, Aarohi clocked 2:33.65 to secure the bronze, finishing just behind Angarika Saikia (2:33.45) and gold medallist Sanithi Mukherjee (2:31.65).
'Aarohi is the first swimmer from Goa to have won a medal in an event like 200 butterfly at competitions organised by the Swimming Federation of India,' said one official. 'This milestone marks a significant achievement for Goa in competitive swimming.'
The 14-year-old was part of a strong Goa contingent which also included Adi Signapurkar, Pooja Rawool, Vihaan Pednekar, Suhans Desai, Yohann Peter Homem, and Dwayne Clement.
Since taking to competitive swimming, Aarohi has been making heads turn at the pool in Campal. She won a gold (200m butterfly) and a silver (100m butterfly) at the National School Games in Rajkot last year, her first success at the national level.
Since then, she hasn't looked back.
Aarohi's pet event remains the 200m butterfly and she has chalked off almost 30 seconds since the Khelo India trials in Oct 2022 when she began training under TA Sujith, a champion swimmer who famously ended Sebastian Xavier's 11-year reign as the country's fastest swimmer in 2000.
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