Suvana C Baskar of Karnataka edged Gujarat’s Maana Patel to create a new National Record in the 50m backstroke on day 3 of the National Swimming Championship in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Suvana’s 29.63 swim erased the record set by Maana in the last edition of the nationals by more than 0.16 seconds. Maana, won silver with a time of 29.71.
Rujuta Khade of Maharashtra broke the national record with 26.47 secs. She overwrote Shikha Tandon’s record of 26.61 set in 2003.
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Aryan Nehra of Gujarat broke the men’s 1500m freestyle record with a timing of 15:29.76 and broke the record set by Kushagra Rawat in Banglore in 2021 to win gold. Coincidentally, Kushagra, the previous record holder came second to win silver with a time of 15:45.62.
Earlier, Aryan broke the record for the men’s 800m and 400m freestyle event.
The Maharashtra quartet of Rujuta, Palak Joshi, Apeksha Fernandes and Ananya reigned supreme in the women’s 4x100m medley ahead of Karnataka and Bengal.
Pls note- A timing is considered a national record when it has been achieved at the Nationals. The timings clocked in other meets are called the ‘Best Indian time’.
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