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Tokas hogs the limelight

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SWIMMING / Aims for good show at Jakarta

BHOPAL: Praveen Tokas lowered the 100m backstroke mark by 0.35 seconds to claim the Group I boys’ gold medal at the 34th junior National aquatics championship here on Thursday.

On the second day, five new National records were set, including that of Tokas.

The results: Group I (under-17):

Boys: 800m freestyle: 1. Aaron D’Souza (Kar) 8:46.01; 2. R. Rishendar (TN) 8:56.64; 3. A.P. Gagan (Kar) 9:17.92. 100m backstroke: 1. Praveen Tokas (Del) 1:00.96 (NR; old 1:01.31); 2. N.A. San deep (Kar) 1:01.32; 3. Ashwin Menon (Kar) 1:02.67. 400m IM: 1. J. Agnishwar (TN) 4:44.88; 2. Aditya Sangvekar (Mah) 4:48.62; 3. Poorna Chandra (Kar) 5:01.04. 4x100m freestyle: 1. Karnataka 3:43.85 (NR; old 3:46.35); 2. Maharashtra 3:53.05; 3. Tamil Nadu 3:55.41.

Girls: 800m freestyle: 1. Sushaka Pratap (Kar) 9:42.62 (NR; old 9:46.23); 2. Aarati Ghorpade (Mah) 9:46.37; 3. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 9:58.47. 100m backstroke: 1. Fariha Zaman (Asm) 1:10.05; 2. G. Megh ana Gupta (Kar) 1:12.88; 3. M. Kshipra (Kar) 1:14.46. 400m IM: 1. Pooja R. Alva (Kar) 5:23.78; 2. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 5:31.30; 3. Jalaja Shirole (Mah) 5:38.22. 4x100m freestyle: 1. Karnataka 4:15.51 (NR< /em>; old 4:19.70); 2. Maharashtra 4:29.33; 3. Bengal 4:34.70.

Group II (under-15):
Boys: 1500m freestyle: 1. Saurabh Sangvekar (Mah) 18:10.11; 2. Akshay Krishna (Kar) 18:28.86; 3. Ajeya Moghe (Mah) 18:52.11. 100m backstroke: 1. Gopi Nath Kayal (Ben) 1:06.05; 2. K. Nandhakumar (TN) 1:08.11; 3. Pramo d Yadav (Ser) 1:09.75. 400m IM: 1. Ravi Kumar (UP) 5:17.95; 2. Nithin Prabhakar (Kar) 5:18.75; 3. Akash Rohith (Kar) 5:22.51. 4x100m freestyle: 1. Maharashtra 4:07.45; 2. Bengal 4:07.55; 3. Karnataka 4:12.38.

Girls:

1500m freestyle: 1. Surabhi Tipre (Mah) 18:26.99 (NR; old 18:48.06); 2. Sree Lakshmi Gorur (Kar) 19:16.68; 3. Shinjini Sahay (Mah) 19:35.98. 100m backstroke: 1. Jyotsna Pansare (Mah) 1:14.08; 2. Ar hatha Magavi (Kar) 1:16.05; 3. C. Ayshwarya (TN) 1:17.17. 400m IM: 1. M. Pravallika (Kar) 5:39.06; 2. Jyotsna Pansare (Mah) 5:49.71; 3. Ashlesha Pabale (Mah) 5:59.45. 4x100m freestyle: 1. Maharashtra 4:25.84; 2. Karn ataka 4:27.89; 3. Tamil Nadu 4:35.99.

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