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CNA
28-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Singapore swimmer Gan Ching Hwee smashes second national record at World Aquatics Championships
SINGAPORE: Nearly 24 hours after smashing a 15-year national record on home soil, Gan Ching Hwee was at it again as she rewrote her own 1500m freestyle national record at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday (Jul 28). At the World Aquatics Championships Arena in Kallang, the 22-year-old clocked a time of 16:01.29 to eclipse her previous record of 16:10.13, which was set at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She finished third in her heat, with the final heat yet to be completed. On Sunday, Gan clocked a time of 4:09.81 in the women's 400m freestyle. This broke Lynette Lim's national mark that was set at the December 2009 SEA Games. She finished 13th overall in the heats, with Canada's Summer Mcintosh winning the event. Gan has been in fine form in recent times. At last year's Paris Olympics, she set two national records in the 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle. She was the first Singaporean female swimmer to do so at the Games since Tao Li (100m backstroke) in 2012. Gan will next turn her attention to the 200m freestyle on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Quah Zheng Wen clocked a season's best time in the men's 100m breaststroke. He finished 29th overall and did not move on to the final.
Indian Express
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
New race, new record: Watch Sprinter Animesh Kujur become first Indian to run 100m in less than 10.2 seconds
Sprinter Animesh Kujur became the first Indian to dip below 10.2 seconds in the 100m, clocking 10.18 seconds at the Dromia Sprint and Relay Meet in Vari, Greece, on Saturday. In doing so, Kujur shattered the National Record, bettering the timing set by Gurindervir Singh, who ran a breezy 10.20 seconds at the Indian Grand Prix in March. Starting in Lane 4, Kujur didn't have the quickest of starts and was behind the two sprinters from Greece — Theodoros Vrontinos and Sotirios Garagganis. However, in the final 40m, he shifted gears and while Vrontinos ran out of steam, Kujur piped Garagganis at the finish line to not just win the race but also set a new benchmark in Indian athletics. This has been a breakthrough year for the 22-year-old Kujur, who rewrote the national mark in the 200m twice in two months, back in April and May. To put it in context, the 200m NR was broken two times in seven years before Kujur's emergence. Animesh Kujur shatters India's 100m record, clocking 10.18 seconds at Dromia International Sprint and Relay Meet to rewrite the National Record. Stunning run. #athletics Video: RFYS — Mihir Vasavda (@mihirsv) July 5, 2025 Kujur first rewrote the national mark in April, completing the 200m in 20.40 seconds and then improved it in May by running 20.32 seconds to become only the second-ever Indian to win a 200m medal at the Asian Championships in close to half a century. In June, Kujur ran the 200m in 20.27 seconds at the AthleticGeneve tournament but the timing wasn't considered in the official record due to a wind assistance of +2.3m/s. The ongoing European tour has been critical in ensuring Kujur improved his timings. It was, after all, the European tour last year in June that he described as 'life-changing', for it exposed him to faster runners and their methods. Training and competing with them, he had earlier said, forced him to run faster and get better. Explaining how that stint improved him, giving the example of a 100m sprint in Finland, Kujur had told this daily: 'I went there with a timing of 10.5 seconds. And in the second competition, in Finland, I got a Jamaican sprinter, Oshane Bailey, whose personal best was 10.05 or something in that range. To stay competitive with him in that race, I had to run fast and I ended up clocking 10.39 seconds. That's the difference…' On Saturday, he improved his timing by another 0.21 seconds, further boosting his credentials as the country's best sprinter at the moment.
Washington Post
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Australian teenager Gout Gout lowers his national record in the 200 in his first pro race in Europe
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Gout Gout is 17 , he's being compared with Usain Bolt and he has lowered his national record in his first professional race in Europe. The Australian high school senior improved his own national record when he won the 200 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava in 20.02 seconds. It's not the fastest he's ever run over the half-lap sprint, but it's gaining him more attention.
The Hindu
02-06-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Why is Srihari Nataraj's gold-winning effort in 200m freestyle not classified as National Record?
Srihari Nataraj won the gold medal in 200m men's freestyle at the Singapore National Swimming Championship on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who represented India at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, clocked 1:48:66s at the Singapore Sports School. This time was faster than the existing National Record which was set by Sajan Prakash in 2018. However, Srihari will not be credited with the NR with his performance. What is the difference between National Record and Best Indian Performance in swimming? Srihari's timing in Singapore was fast enough to earn it the 'Best Indian Time' or the 'Best Indian Performance. But, despite it being quicker than Sajan's existing National Record in 200m freestyle (1:50.35s), which was set in 2018, Srihari will not be the holder of a new NR. Why? Because the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) doesn't count the timings in overseas events for National Records. According to SFI senior vice-president Virendra Nanavati, a timing will only be considered as a National Record if its set in the National Aquatics Championships organised by SFI. This can happen in three age categories: sub-junior, junior, and senior. If an Indian swimmer does well in any other internationally-recognised event, even if it is the Olympics or the Asian Games, their timings will be called as a 'Best Indian Performance'.
