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Madhavi hogs the limelight

Sports Reporter

HYDERABAD: Thirteen-year-old Madhavi Giri of Karnataka hogged the limelight for the second day in succession winning two more gold in the 400m individual medley and also the 4x200m freestyle relay events in the 19th South Zone aquatics championship at Gachibowli swimming complex here on Saturday.

Madhavi, whose twin sister Madhuri Giri has also picked a gold on Saturday, incidentally picked her fifth gold of the meet setting four new meet records.

The results:

Group I: 400m freestyle: Boys: 1. N. Abhiram (AP) 4.39.221, 2. S. Suresh Kumar (TN), 3. G. Sarath (Ker). Girls: 1. T. Shilpa Naidu (AP) 5.20.307, 2. Gayatri Pillai (TN), 3. S. Nithya (TN).

50m butterfly: Boys: 1. A. Md. Imran Khan (TN) 28.583, 2. M. Tulasi Chaitanya (AP), 3. R. Rajesh (Ker). Girls: 1. P. Bhuvaneswari (TN) 33.024, 2. P.B. Mahalakshmi (Kar), 3. Jagruthi Sharma (AP).

200m breaststroke: Boys: 1. N. Abhiram (AP) 2.52.422, 2. Zubin M. Nigli (TN), 3. S. Sunil (Ker). Girls: 1. V. Thejaswini (Kar) 2.55.195, 2. M.S. Divya (AP), 3. Shraddha Alva (Kar).

200m freestyle: Boys: 1. S. Suresh Kumar (TN) 2.12.128, 2. G. Sarath (Ker), 3. G. Mohan (TN). Girls: 1. T. Shilpa Naidu (AP) 2.31.865, 2. Gayathri Pillai (TN), 3. S. Nithya (TN).

50m backstroke: Boys: 1. M.B. Balakrishnan (TN) 29.352, 2. R. Arun Kanth (AP), 3. M. Tulasi Chaitanya (AP). Girls: 1. R. Aishwarya (TN), 2. Jagruthi Sharma (AP), 3. B. Harika Reddy (TN).

4x100m freestyle relay: Boys: 1. Tamil Nadu (A. Md. Imran Khan, S. Suresh Kumar, G. Mohan, M. Vimal) 4.05.504, 2. Kerala, 3. AP. Girls: 1. Tamil Nadu (N. Arthi, Harika Reddy, Gayathri Pillai, P. Bhuvaneswari) 4.46.495, 2. Kerala, 3. Andhra Pradesh.

Group II: 400m freestyle: Boys: 1. Poorna Chandra (Kar) 4.42.664, 2. A.P. Gagan (Kar), 3. B. Vivek (TN). Girls: 1. Smitha Lakshman (Kar) 5.01.044, 2. G. Archana Gupta (Kar), 3. P. Rashika (TN).

100m breaststroke: Boys: 1. D. Tamilarasan (TN) 1.16.070, 2. S.R. Koushik (Kar), 3. K. Senthil Kumar (TN). Girls: 1. Madhuri Giri (Kar) 1.26.257, 2. B. Praveena Devi (TN), 3. Namratha Shetty (Kar).

100m backstroke: Boys: 1. Ashwini Menon (Kar) 1.07.123, 2. S.R. Sarath (TN), 3. S. Ramakrishna (AP). Girls: 1. Sameeksha S. Alva (Kar) 1.16.411, 2. T. Archana (TN), 3. K.A. Sinchana (Kar).

4x200m freestyle relay: Boys: 1. Karnataka (M. Siddarth, G.V. Sathwik, Poornachandra, Ashwin Menon) 9.20.145, 2. Tamil Nadu, 3. Kerala. Girls: 1. Karnataka (L.Smitha, Archana Gupta, Neeraja, Madhavi Giri) 10.06.437, 2. Tamil Nadu, 3. Kerala.

400m individual medley: Girls: 1. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 5.35.35, 2. K.A.Sinchana (Kar), 3. Priyanka (Ker).

Group III: 100m butterfly: Boys: 1. N. Arvind (TN) 1.13.004, 2. S. Abhinav (Kar), 3. Dhritman Roy (Kar). Girls: 1. Aratha Magavi (Kar) 1.12.583, 2. G. Saranya (TN), 3. M. Hemanthica (TN).

4x50m freestyle relay: Boys: 1. Kerala (J. Siji, Lalkrishna, V.K. Ambijith, K.S. Amalnath) 2.01.881, 2. Karnataka, 3. Tamil Nadu. Girls: 1. Tamil Nadu (M.M. Venpa, A. Gulnaz Rawoof, M. Hemanthika, D. Amella Keran) 2.07.082, 2. Karnataka, 3. AP.

Group IV: 50 m butterfly: Boys: 1. L. Shreyas (Kar) 34.263, 2. K. Venu (AP), 3. K.S. Prajwal (Kar). Girls: 1. R.C. Sanskruthi (Kar) 35.741, 2. Prathima Kollali (Kar), 3. S. Dharshini (TN).

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