National Games 2023: Swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu wins fourth gold; Maharashtra top medal tally

Karnataka’s 14-year-old swimming sensation, Dhinidhi Desinghu won her fourth gold medal of the 37th National Games, anchoring her team to the top spot in 4x200 M Freestyle Relay at Campal Swimming Pool on Wednesday.

Sajan Prakash won his second gold medal winning the 200 M Butterfly event with a new games record, stopping the clock 1:59.38 sec.

Service’s S.P Likith clinched gold in the Men’s 50 M Breaststroke with a timing of 28.71 sec ahead of S. Danush of Tamil Nadu (29.03 s) and Vidith S. Shankar of Karnataka (29.07). Chahat Arora (34.09 s) of Punjab defended her title in the Women’s 50 M Breaststroke leaping ahead of Karnataka’s A.K Linyesha (34.11). Harshitha Jayaram of Kerala won the bronze.

Karnataka 4x200 M Freestyle relay teams in both men’s and women’s category won the gold creating new games records. In the 200 M Butterfly event, Assam’s Astha Choudhury won the gold stopping the clock on 2:19.29 sec followed by Hashika Ramachandra of Karnataka (2:22.20 s) and Vritti Agarwal of Telangana (2:22.28 s).

At the Athletics Stadium in Bambolim, Seema of Himachal Pradesh completed the double by securing the gold in 5000 M. She had clinched gold in 10000 M also. Ankit Kumar of Uttarakhand pipped Abhishek Pal and Gulveer...

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