Hosts Karnataka were crowned the overall champions at the Senior National Aquatic Championships for the 27th time as they ended their domina...
Hosts Karnataka were crowned the overall champions at the Senior National Aquatic Championships for the 27th time as they ended their dominant campaign with 17 golds in Bengaluru on Friday.
Team Karnataka concluded the meet with 36 medals, including 17 golds, 10 silver, nine bronze. Maharashtra finished second with a total of 21 medals, while Delhi finished third with nine medals.
The final day of the championships saw some thrilling races and new national records being created.
In the 200m freestyle, which was the most-anticipated race of the day, Srihari Nataraj clinched the gold with a new national record of 1:49.78 seconds. He eclipsed Sajan Prakash’s record of 1:50.35s clocked in 2018.
Delhi’s Kushagra Rawat, who has three gold medals with three national records to his name in this meet, finished second with a time of 1:52.24 seconds and Tanish George Mathew of Karnataka finished third with a time of 1:52.34 seconds.
“This was one race I was looking forward to because Kushagra was swimming too and he has been in good form,” stated Nataraj, who also won gold in the 200m backstroke.
“I’ve worked quite hard for my freestyle events more than backstroke actually and it feels good to have won the race and also bettered the national record,” he added.
In the 100m...
