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Karnataka triumphs

BANGALORE: Karnataka emerged champion in the first South Zone Masters swimming meet, which concluded here on Sunday.

Karnataka’s S. Pradeep Kumar and Veena Narasimhan bagged a treble each while K. Vasudevan of Tamil Nadu bagged a double.

The results (winners only, Karnataka unless otherwise mentioned):

Men: ‘B’ section: 50m backstroke: B. Parashetty 41.80s; ‘C’ section: 200m freestyle: M.S. Bhushan Kumar 3:11.47s; 100m breaststroke: Rajesh 1:41.01s; 50m backstroke: Kuber Nayak 41.00s; 100m butterfly: Mahesh Kumar 2:13.88s; 100m freestyle: K. Navneetha (TN) 1:15.06s.

‘D’ section: 200m freestyle: K. Vasudevan (TN) 2:55.36s; 100m breaststroke: K. Vasudevan (TN) 1:30.23s; 50m backstroke: Cherian Thomas 34.84s; 100m butterfly: B.S. Somanath 1:36.64s; 100m freestyle: B. Vishwanath 1:19.63s.

‘E’ section: 100m breaststroke: S. Pradeep Kumar 1:32.52s; 50m backstroke: S. Pradeep Kumar 43.19s; 100m freestyle: S. Pradeep Kumar 1:20.58s.

‘F’ section: 100m freestyle: B. Subash 1:39.67s; 50m backstroke: M.H. Khan 44.96s; 100m breaststroke: R.S. Prasad 1:58.60s; 200m freestyle: B. Subash 3:43.21s.

‘G’ section: 200m freestyle: Lakshmi Reddy (AP) 4:02.68s; 100m breaststroke: Mohan Kutty 1:42.32s; 100m freestyle: Navathe Vittal (AP) 1:21.30s. ‘H’ section: 50m backstroke: K.S. Aithal 53.46s. ‘J’ section: 50m backstroke: Chandrashekaran 1:56.32s.

Women: ‘C’ section: 100m butterfly: Nandita Kapoor 1:55.23s; 100m freestyle: Veena Narasimhan 1:33.37s; 200m freestyle; Veena Narasimhan 3:38.28s; 100m breaststroke: Anusuya Alva 1:42.05s; 50m backstroke: Veena Narasimhan 47.60s.

‘D’ section: 200m freestyle: Alka Malik 4:46.97s. ‘E’ section: 100m breaststroke: Sadhana Herur 1:57.10s. ‘H’ section: 100m breaststroke: T. Jayashree 2:54.65s.