Karnataka’s A.K. Lineysha stunned everyone, including herself, by winning the women’s 200m breaststroke crown with a new meet record in the National aquatic championships at the Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex here on Thursday.
Lineysha, who will turn 15 in November, clocked 2:39.38 to improve seven seconds over her previous best performance. She went past Saloni Dalal’s four-year-old meet record of 2:41.88.
“I never made any record at any level. Now I broke the record at the National championship! I had lost pace after missing training for about a week, earlier this year. I don’t know how I did it,” said an overwhelmed Lineysha.
