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Rohit Hawaldar betters own meet record

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Chennai: Karnataka's Rohit. R. Hawaldar created a new meet record in the boys' 200m freestyle (Group 1), bettering his own record, on the first day of the 33rd junior National aquatics championships at the Velachery Aquatics Complex on Wednesday.

Delhi's Sandeep Sejwal broke Gairik Bardhan's record in the Group 1 100m breaststroke event, while Karnataka's N.A. Sandeep erased his own meet record in the 50m backstroke event.

In the girls' Group 1 events, Madhya Pradesh's C. Subha created a new meet record in the 200m freestyle, beating N.S. Ambica Iyengar's record.

In the 200m individual medley, V. Tejaswini (Karnataka) obliterated V. Sivaranjani's record, while Fariha Zaman (Assam) erased Komal Athare's record in the 50m backstroke

The event has 750 swimmers taking part from 27 States, with 410 girls in the fray.

J.S. Chopra, vice-president, Tamil Nadu Olympic Association, inaugurated the event.

The results: Boys: Group 1: 200m Freestyle: 1. Rohit. R. Hawaldar (Kar) 01:59:74 NMR (OR 02:01:27 Rohit. R. Hawaldar, Kar), 2. Rohit Gupta (Del) 02:03:66, 3. Poorna Chandra (Kar) 02:05:45.

100m Breaststroke: 1. Sandeep Sejwal (Del) 01:07:37 NMR (OR: 01:10:18 Gairik Bardhan, WB), 2. J.P. Arjun (Kar) 01:08:96, 3. Yashodhan Lonkar (Mah) 01:12:77 200m Ind. medley: 1. Veer Dhaval Khade (Mah) 02:15:71, 2. Aditya Sangvekar (Mah) 02:16:24, 3. J.P. Arun (Kar) 02:21:48

50m Backstroke: 1. N.A. Sandeep (Kar) 00:28:92 NMR (OR 00:29:00 N.A. Sandeep (Kar), 2. M.B. Balakrishnan (TN) 00:29:27, 3. Praveen Tokas (Del) 00:29:58.

Group 2: 200m Freestyle: 1. Aaron D'souza (Kar) 02:01:40 NMR (OR 02:04:48 Veerdhaval-Mah), 2. K. Divakar (TN) 02:07:38, 3. Isahn Ohale (Mah) 02:09:34.

100m Breaststroke: 1. Adithya Roshan (Kar) 01:15:14, 2. S.R. Koushik (Kar) 01:15:49, 3. Sanjit Reang (Tri) 01:17:21. 200m Ind. medley: 1. Siddanth Deshmukh (Kar) 02:23:52, 2. Pulkit (Har) 02:29:00, 3. S.R. Kaushik (Kar) 02:31:71

50m Backstroke: 1. Siddarth (Kar) 00:31:95, 2. Aditya Kamat (Mah) 00:32:94, 3. Pramod Yadav (SSCB) 00:33:35.

Girls: Group 1: 200m Freestyle: 1. C. Subha (MP) 02:12:19 NMR (OR 02:12:87 N.S. Ambica Iyengar (Kar), 2. Pooja. R. Alva (Kar) 02:14:66, 3. B. Neerja (Kar) 02:17:11. 100m Breaststroke:

1. V. Tejaswini (Kar) 01:21:15, 2. Lekha Kamat (Mah) 01:22:79, 3. Jessica Bole (Kar) 01:23:15

200m Ind. medley: 1. V. Tejaswini (Kar) 02:32:53 NMR (OR 02:33:78 V. Sivaranjani, Kar), 2. B. Neerja (Kar) 02:40:11, 3. Parita Parekh (Guj) 02:43:14. 50m Backstroke: 1. Fariha Zaman (Assam) 00:31:90 NMR (OR 00:33:18 Komal Athare, Mah), 2. R. Aishwarya (TN) 00:33:56, 3. B. Harika Reddy (TN) 00:34:53.

Group 2: 200m Freestyle: 1. Surbhi Tipre (Mah) 02:19:99, 2. Amulya. M. Reddy (Kar) 02:22:84, 3. Gulnaz Rawoof (TN) 02:24:11. 100m Breaststroke: 1. Poorva Shetue (Mah) 01:23:04 NMR (OR 01:23:90 Sakshi Bajaj, Kar), 2. Monalisa Mondal (WB) 01:23:64, 3. M.M. Venpa (TN) 01:23:72. 200m Ind. medley: 1. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 02:35:84, 2. B. Nischala (Kar) 02:42:94, 3. Harpreet Kaur (Del) 02:44:18. 50m Backstroke: 1. Tanvi Doddannavar (Kar) 00:34:00, 2. Devika Jidgekar (Mah) 00:35:28, 3. Sameeksha. S. Alva (Kar) 00:35:37.