BENGALURU: Karnataka swimmers continued to make a splash at the Junior national aquatics championship in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. At the end of Day 2 of the competition, Karnataka led the tally with a total of 31 medals, followed by Maharashtra at 17 and Telangana with a total of eight medals.
In the 400m freestyle for Group II girls, Karnataka's Hashika Ramachandra created a new meet record with a time of 4:29.25 seconds. The teenager from Bengaluru eclipsed Aanya Wala’s mark of 4:31.99 recorded in 2019. Rujula S, also of Karnataka, finished ten seconds behind Hashika with a time of 4:39.53 seconds to settle for silver.
Hashika set another meet record in the 200m butterfly event. She rewrote Apeksha Fernandes’ three-year old record of 2:23.67 to win the gold. Hashika clocked 2:23.20 seconds to finish ahead of Karnataka’s Tanishi Gupta, who clocked 2:28.54 seconds.
Results (Karnataka only): Boys: Group I: 200m butterfly: Utkarsh Patil 2:04.60; 50m breaststroke: 3. Vidith Shankar 30.34; Group II: 50m breaststroke: 1. Navaneeth Gowda 33.12; 50m freestyle: 1. Ishaan Mehra 25.00.Girls: Group I: 200m butterfly: 3. A Jedidah 2:26.65; 50m freestyle: 1. Nina Venkatesh 27.30 sec, 3. Ridhima Veerendra Kumar 29.99.; Group II: 400m freestyle: 1. Hashika Ramachandra 4:29.25 (NMR: OR: 4:31.99), 2. Rujula S 4:39.53; 200m butterfly: Hashika Ramachandra 2:23.20 (NMR; OR: 2:23.67), 2. Tanishi Gupta 2:28.54; 50m breaststroke: 2. Manavi Varma 35.07, 3. Vihitha Nayana 35.24; 50m freestyle: 2. Dhinidhi Desinghu 27.89, 3. Tanishi Gupta 28.39.
