Swimming Nationals 2023: Maana, Aryan, Lineysha, Nina break National Records

Aryan Nehra of Gujarat broke the men’s 400m freestyle national record at the National Swimming Championship in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Manna Patel of Gujarat, sets a new national record in the women’s 100m backstroke event. (File Photo) | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR

Aryan Nehra of Gujarat broke the men’s 400m freestyle national record at the National Swimming Championship in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Lineysha A K of Karnataka’s 2:37.35 helped her clinch gold and break her won national record in the women’s 200m breaststroke.

A.K. Lineysha of Karnataka who won the women’s 200m breaststroke in the Senior national aquatics championship in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Adding yet another record to her bag was Maana Patel, who erased her own NR of 1:04.33 in the women’s 100m backstroke. Maana won gold with a record time of 1:03.48.

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Nina Venkatesh broke her own NR she set in the morning with a timing of 27.74 in the women’s 50m freestyle. She swam 28.01 in the heats, almost 0.32 seconds more than Divya Satija, who was the previous record holder.

Earlier in the morning, Karnataka also created a record of 8:40.89 in the 4x200m women’s freestyle finals, erasing Maharashtra’s 11-year-old record of 8:53.83.

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Aryan, who swam a timing of 3:52.55 broke the record set by Kushagra Rawat in 2021 by more than a second to win gold. Rawat won silver in the event by clocking 3:55.45 and Aneesh S Gowda swam 3:57.86 for a bronze.

Aryan, who has booked his Asian Games 2022 and World Championships 2023 spot for the men’s 800m and 1500m freestyle, was neck in neck with Rawat throughout the finals, but overtook the Delhi swimmer in the last lap.

Lineysha’s previous national record was 2:39.38 in 2022 edition of the event.

The results:

Men: 400m freestyle: 1. Aryan Nehra (Guj) 3:52.55, 2. Kusagra Rawat (Dli) 3:55.45, 3. Aneesh S. Gowda (Kar) 3:57.86.

200m breaststroke: 1. Danush Suresh (TN) 2:20.43, 2. M. Lohith (RSOB) 2:21.70, 3. Manikanta Lakshman (Kar) 2:22.59.

100m backstroke: 1. Sahil Laskar (SSCB) 57.34, 2. Utkarsha S. Patil (Kar) 57.66, 3. Rishabh Das (Maha) 58.19.

50m butterfly: 1. Vridhawal Khade (Maha) 24.33, 2. B. Benedicton Rohit (TN) 24.62, 3. Mihir Ambre (Maha) 24.79.

Women: 400 m freestyle: 1. Bhavya Sachdeva (Dli) 4:28.65, 2. Anna Wala (Maha) 4:30.14, 3. Vritti Agarwal (TS) 4:33.33.

200m breaststroke: 1. A.K. Lineysha (Kar) 2:37.35, 2. S. Lakshya (Kar) 2:41.13, 2. Venika Parikh (Guj) 2:43.41.

100m backstroke: 1. Manna Patel (Guj) 1:03.48, 2. Palak Joshi (Maha) 1:04.32, 3. Suvana C. Baskar (Kar) 1:05.00.

50m butterfly: 1. Nina Venkatesh (Kar) 27.74, 2. Rujuta Khade (Maha) 28.06, 3. Manavi Varma (Kar) 28.31.