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Two new records by Veerdhaval Khade

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KOLKATA: Veerdhaval Khade of Maharashtra created two new records before emerging the fastest swimmer of the 32nd Junior National Aquatic Championship, which passed into the fourth day on Wednesday.

Winning his boys' group II 50m freestyle event with a timing of 25.65 seconds, Kahde overhauled his own record that he set in the morning heats overwriting the previous best by Aniket D'Souza of Karnataka last year.

With this feat the Maharashtra swimmer also eclipsed the timing of the boys' group I 50m freestyle champion, Sandeep N.A., who could manage only 25.68 seconds.

The results: Group I: Boys: 50m freestyle: 1. Sandeep N. A. (Kar) 25.68 ; 2. G. Sarath (Ker); 3. M. Tulsi Chaitanya (AP). 1500m freestyle: 1. Rohit R. Hawaldar (Kar) 16:56.49 (NMR. Old: 17:02.73, self, 2004); 2. Rohit Gupta (Del); 3. Pronoy Adhikary (Mah). 200m butterfly: 1. Aditya Sangvekar (Mah) 2:13.98; 2. Pronoy Adhikary (Mah); 3. Rajib Chakraborty (Ben). 200m breaststroke: 1. Arjun J.P. (Kar) 2:23.22 (NMR. Old: 2:31.95, Gairik Bardhan, Ben, 2003); 2. Sandeep Sejwal (Del); 3. J. Agnishwar (TN).

Girls: 50m freestyle: 1. Shubha C. (Kar) 28.96; 2. Mridula Rajiv (TN); 3. Niveditha M.S. (Kar). 1500m freestyle: 1. Tejaswini V. (Kar) 19:10.35; 2. Meghana Gupta (Kar); 3. Rajni Tokas (Del). 200m butterfly: 1. Pooja R. Alva (Kar), 2:23.84 (NMR. Old: 2:31.32, self, morning heats. Previous record: 2:37.97, Pooja Ghorpade, Mah, 2003); 2. Vyshnavi M. (Kar); 3. Krutika Pandey (Guj).

200m breaststroke: 1. Prerana S. Jain (Kar) 2:56.54; 2. Jessica Bole (Kar); 3. Tejashree Ganapatye (Mah).

Group II: Boys: 50m freestyle: Veerdhaval Khade (Mah) 25.65 (NMR. Old: 26.37, self, morning heats. Previous record: 26.79, Bhuvanesh Singh, Mah, 2004); 2. L. Bankim (Man); 3. S.R. Sarath (TN). 800m freestyle: 1. Shiraz Jason (Kar) 9:02.01 (NMR. Old: 9:27.65, Veerdhaval Khade, Maha, 2004); 2. Ashwin Menon (Kar); 3. Veerdhaval Khade (Mah). 200m butterfly: 1. Aaron D'Souza (Kar) 2:15.43 (NMR. Old: 2:17.27, Aditya Sangvekar, Mah, 2004); 2. Shiraz Jason (Kar); 3. Tejas Suryawashi (Mah). 200m breaststroke: 1. Koushik S.R. (Kar) 2:44.11; 2. Siddanth D. (Kar); 3. Shardul Walimbe (Mah).

Girls: 50m freestyle: 1. Lekha Kamat (Mah) 28.74 (NMR. Old: self, 28.79, morning heats. Previous record: 29.13, Neeraja B, Kar, 2004); 2. Neeraja B. (Kar); 3. Ananya P.D. (Kar). 800m freestyle: 1. Aarti Ghorpade (Mah) 9:58.98 (NMR. Old: 10:04.43, self, 2004); 2. Archana Gupta (Kar); 3. Aditi Kulkarni (Mah). 200m butterfly: 1. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 2:26.65 (NMR. Old: 2:29.70 self, morning heats. Previous record: 2:35.25, Pooja R Alva, Kar, 2004); 2. Harpreet Kaur (Del); 3. Parita Parekh (Guj). 200m breaststroke: 1. Madhuri Giri (Kar) 3:01.81; 2. Sumi Burgohain (Asm); 3. Krunal Bhosale (Mah).

Water polo (semifinals): Boys: Bengal bt Kerala 12-8; Maharashtra bt Karnataka 11-4.

Girls: Maharashtra bt Bengal 6-0; Kerala bt Karnataka 6-2.

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