Advait Web page, Bhavya Sachdeva hog limelight in Nationwide Video games swimming

Advait Web page swam properly inside himself but he dominated the lads’s 1500m freestyle to set a brand new Video games report on the second day of the swimming occasions of the thirty sixth Nationwide Video games on the Sardar Patel Aquatic complicated right here on Monday.

Delhi’s Bhavya Sachdeva underlined her rising stature by setting a brand new mark within the girls’s 800m whereas S. Lakshya broke the report twice within the 200m breaststroke. Karnataka’s girls set a brand new mark within the 4x100m medley relay.

Advait’s principal rival Sajan Prakash pulled out of the ultimate because of a niggle and the Madhya Pradesh lad preserved his vitality within the first half of the race the place Gujarat’s Aryan Nehra and Karnataka’s Aneesh Gowda saved tempo with the favorite.

Nonetheless, Advait pulled forward after the 800m mark and took a adequate lead because the others pale away. Advait clocked a gradual 15:54.79s to interrupt Sajan Prakash’s outdated mark (15:55.78) set in 2015. Aryan took the silver, whereas Aneesh completed with the bronze.

Bhavya Sachdeva of Delhi received gold within the 800m freestyle on the thirty sixth Nationwide Video games in Rajkot on Monday, 03 October 2022. | Photograph Credit score: RITU RAJ KONWAR

Within the girls’s 800m freestyle, Vritti Agarwal and Ashmita Chandra stalked Bhavya for the primary 200 metres. Nonetheless, the Delhi lady went into a transparent lead after 300m and set the tempo alone to interrupt the report in 9:15.24.

In one of many higher contested finals, Karnataka’s Lakshya beat again a late problem from Chahat Arora to win the ladies’s 200m breaststroke. Lakshya, who broke the present report within the heats within the morning, was off to a wonderful begin and took an early lead.

Lakshya S of Karnataka wins gold in 200m breaststroke on the thirty sixth Nationwide Video games in Rajkot on Monday, 03 October 2022. | Photograph Credit score: RITU RAJ KONWAR

Nonetheless, Chahat in fourth place on the house stretch overtook Harshitha and Kalayani and pushed Lakshya, who managed to cling on to her result in set a brand new report (2:42.63).

The Karnataka 4x100m relay squad of Ridhima, Manavi, Tanishi and Nina set a brand new report by clocking 4:27.78s.

The outcomes: Males: 1500m freestyle: 1. Advait Web page (MP) (15:54.79s- NGR; OR – 15:55.78, Sajan Prakash, Kerala, 2015), 2. Aryan Nehra (Guj), 3. Aneesh S. Gowda (Kar); 200m breaststroke: 1. S.P. Likith (SSCB) (2:16.40), 2. S. Danush (TN), 3. Swadesh Mondal (SSCB); 4X100m medley relay: 1. SSCB (3:49.67), 2. Karnataka, 3. Delhi.

Girls: 800m freestyle: 1. Bhavya Sachdeva (Del) (9:15.24 – NGR; OR – 9:15.30, Aakansha Vora, Maharashtra, 2015), 2. Vritti Agarwal (Tel), 3. Ashmitha Chandra (Kar); 200m breaststroke: S. Lakshya (Kar) (2:42.63 – NGR; OR – 2:45.96, Lakshya, 2022), 2. Chahat Arora (Pun), 3. Harshitha Jayaram (Kar); 4x100m medley: 1. Karnataka (4:27.78 – NGR; OR – 4:32.38, Maharashtra, 2015), 2. Maharashtra, 3. Bengal.