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Ayshwarya makes a big splash

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s C. Ayshwarya won golds in the 50m and 100m backstroke, setting meet records in both events, in the Group 1 girls category of the South Zone age group aquatic championships here on Saturday.

This was in addition to the 200m backstroke record-setting gold she won on Friday. She was also part of the Tamil Nadu relay team that won both the 4x100m freestyle and medley relays.

The results (winners):

Boys: Group 1: 800m freestyle: T.R. Rahul (Ker) 9:39.13s; 50m backstroke: N. Arvind (TN) 30.85s; 100m butterfly: E. Abhinav Reddy (AP) 1:03.10s; 200m butterfly: E. Abhinav Reddy (AP) 2:19.82s; 100m backstroke: N. Arvind (TN) 1:05.80s; 200m freestyle: C. Lalkrishna (Ker) 2:09.60s; 4x100m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 4:27.50s.

Group 2: 800m freestyle: Prasidh P. Kumar (Kar) 9:31.44s (NMR); 50m backstroke: V. Turbu (Ker) 30.73s; 100m butterfly: Jayawant Vijayakumar (TN) 1:02.80s (NMR); 200m butterfly: R. Rahul (Ker) 2:27.44s; 100m backstroke: V. Turbu (Ker) 1:08.23s; 200m freestyle: Jayawant Vijayakumar (TN) 2:03.13s (NMR); 4x100m medley relay: Kerala 4:34.00s.

Group 3: 50m breaststroke: Arun (Ker) 36.55s (NMR); 100m butterfly: J.T. Yugeshkumar (TN) 1:08.75s; 50m backstroke: M. Arvind (Kar) 34.37s; 4x50m medley relay: Kerala 2:13.71s.

Group 4: 50m breaststroke: S.P. Likhith (Kar) 39.99s (NMR); 50m freestyle: Sumer Malhotra (TN) 31.64s; 4x50m freestyle relay: Tamil Nadu 2:08.85s.

Girls: Group 1: 800m freestyle: Sushka Pratap (Kar) 9:50.13s; 50m backstroke: C. Ayshwarya (TN) 33.00s (NMR); 100m butterfly: U. Aditi Malavika (TN) 1:12.84s; 200m butterfly: Sushka Pratap (Kar) 2:40.93s; 100m backstroke: C. Ayshwarya (TN) 1:12.91s (NMR); 200m freestyle: A. Gulnaz Rawoof (TN) 2:19.73s (NMR); 4x100m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 5:07.03s.

Group 2: 800m freestyle: Sreelakshmi Gorur (Kar) 10:07.46s; H.S. Greeshma (Kar) 35.79s; 100m butterfly: T. Sneha (Kar) 1:10.18s (NMR); 200m butterfly: T. Sneha (Kar) 2:36.34s; 100m backstroke: S. Meghana (Kar) 1:16.16s; 200m freestyle: Pratima Kollali (Kar) 2:17.93s (NMR); 4x100m medley relay: Karnataka 4:59.53s (NMR).

Group 3: 50m breaststroke: Divya Guruswamy (Kar) 40.66s; 100m butterfly: V.K.R. Meenakshi (TN) 1:12.99s; 50m backstroke: S. Vilassini (TN) 35.05s; 4x50m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 2:23.10s.

Group 4: 50m breaststroke: Damini K. Gowda (Kar) 41.30s; 50m freestyle: V. Malavika (Kar) 32.18s; 4x50m freestyle relay: Karnataka 2:14.95s.

Water polo: Boys: Tamil Nadu bt Andhra Pradesh 8-0; Girls: Tamil Nadu bt Andhra Pradesh 6-0.

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