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News18
2 days ago
- Sport
- News18
Rujula S. Breaks National Record In 50m Freestyle At National Championships
Last Updated: Rujula S. set a new national meet record in the 50m Women's Freestyle at the 78th National Aquatics Championships. Bhavya Sachdeva and Tamil Nadu's relay team also set new records. Rujula S. from Karnataka set a new national meet record and achieved the Best Indian Performance in the 50m Women's Freestyle with a time of 26.36 seconds, surpassing Shikha Tandon's long-standing record at the 78th National Aquatics Championships held at the Aquatic Centre, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday. While Rujula broke the previous record with her 26.36-second finish, Avantika Sudhir Chavan of the Railways Sports Promotion Board claimed second place with a time of 26.58 seconds, and Karnataka's emerging talent Dhinidhi Desinghu secured third place in 26.69 seconds. In other notable events of the day, Olympian Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat, and Aneesh Gowda delivered thrilling performances in the last 50m of the 400m Men's Freestyle. Aryan Nehra clinched the gold medal, followed closely by Kushagra Rawat, while Aneesh Gowda earned the bronze. Bhavya Sachdeva from Delhi clocked 17:35.07 in the Women's 1500m Freestyle, winning the gold and setting a new National Meet record. Shristi Upadhyaya secured her second individual medal for Odisha by winning the bronze. Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash comfortably won their respective events, while Tamil Nadu established a new meet record in the men's 4 x 100 medley relay. Key results: Women's 1500m Freestyle: Bhavya Sachdeva, DELHI, 17:35.07 NMR; Vritti Agarwal, TELANGANA, 17:41.36; Thanya Shadakshari, KARNATAKA, 17:41.4. Men's 400m Freestyle: Aryan Nehra, GUJARAT, 3:55.96; Kushagra Rawat, DELHI, 3:56.84; Aneesh S Gowda, KARNATAKA, 3:57.17. Women's 200m Butterfly: Astha Choudhury, RSPB, 2:20.63; Roshini Balasubramanian, TAMIL NADU, 2:20.77; Shristi Upadhaya, ODISHA, 2:23.11. Men's 200m Butterfly: Sajan Prakash, POLICE, 1:58.98; Bikram Changmai, RSPB, 2:02.13; Dharshan S, KARNATAKA, 2:03.11. Women's 50m Backstroke: Vihitha Nayana Loganathan, KARNATAKA, 29.99; Sanjana Manguesh Prabhugaonker, GOA, 30.68; Soubrity Mondal, BENGAL, 30.70. Men's 50m Backstroke: Srihari Nataraj, KARNATAKA, 25.70; Rishabh Anupam Das, MAHARASHTRA, 26.02; Akash Mani, KARNATAKA, 26.12. Women's 50m Freestyle: Rujula S, KARNATAKA, 26.36 NMR; Avantika Sudhir Chavan, RSPB, 26.58; Dhinidhi Desinghu, KARNATAKA, 26.69. Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay: Tamil Nadu (Nithik Nathella, Danush Suresh, B. Benedicton Rohit, Adhithya Dinesh) 3:45.09 NMR; Karnataka (Utkarsh Santosh Patil, Manikanta L, Chinthan S Shetty, Tanish George Mathew) 3:48.16; Railways Sports Promotion Board (Devansh Maheshkumar Parmar, Anoop Augustine, Bikram Changmai, Sathya Sai Krishnan M) 3:49.60. With IANS inputs.
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Rujula and Bhavya break meet records
Rujula S. and Bhavya Sachdeva swam confidently to break women's 50m and 1500m freestyle meet records respectively and clinch gold medals in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Tuesday. The 16-year-old Rujula benefited from her strong mindset and good preparation to improve upon her previous personal best of 26.91 and secured her maiden gold. 'The distance was short, so I went all out,' said Rujula. Bhavya swam tactically and increased the gap with others after the halfway stage as she shattered Malavika's 10-year-old record with a time of 17:35.07 and bagged her second gold. 'It was slower than I thought. After missing the mark in 2023, it feels good to achieve it,' said Bhavya, who relocated from Australia to Bangkok to avoid racism and resume her training last year. Competing in the lone 50m backstroke event, Olympian Srihari Nataraj, without a shave and clearly in training mode for the upcoming World University Games, clocked 25.86 in the heats and 25.70 in the final to claim the top honour. He narrowly missed his 2019 National record of 25.58. Aryan Nehra, who set the National mark of 3:52.55 in 2023, fought back in the final 100m to regain the 400m freestyle crown (3:55.96). Tamil Nadu (Nithik Nathella, Danush Suresh, B. Benedicton Rohit, Adhithya Dinesh) took the men's 4x100m medley relay gold with a record. The results (winners only): Men: 400m freestyle: Aryan Nehra (Guj) 3:55.96; 50m backstroke: Srihari Nataraj (Kar) 25.70; 200m butterfly: Sajan Prakash (AIP) 1:58.98; 4x100m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 3:45.09 (NMR, Old 3:45.66, 2024). Women: 50m freestyle: Rujula S. (Kar) 26.36 (NMR, Old 26.47, Rujuta Khade, 2023); 1500m freestyle: Bhavya Sachdeva (Del) 17:35.07 (NMR, Old 17:39. 16, Malavika V., 2015); 50m backstroke: Vihitha Nayana Loganathan (Kar) 29.99; 200m butterfly: Astha Choudhury (RSPB) 2:20.63; 4x100m medley relay: Karnataka 4:25.92.
