After setting the ball rolling in the 200m Backstroke on the first day, Rehan went on to better his own National record in the 400m IM which he set last month at the Asian Age-Group Swimming Championships. Shikha showed her class by winning two events that are not her forte, 50m Butterfly and 200m Freestyle.
The results for the day were:
200m Freestyle (Men): Aaron D’Souza converted the silver he won in the 100m Freestyle to gold. He won with a time of 1:57.07. Ashwin Menon came in second with a time of 1:58.72 and Amar Muralidharan came in third with a time of 2:00.49.
The National record stands in the name of Virdhawal Khade with a time of 1:52.41 set at the 2007 Melbourne World Swimming Championships. Virdhawal qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in this event.
The Olympic qualifying time for this event is 1:52.53.
The results for the day were:
200m Freestyle (Men): Aaron D’Souza converted the silver he won in the 100m Freestyle to gold. He won with a time of 1:57.07. Ashwin Menon came in second with a time of 1:58.72 and Amar Muralidharan came in third with a time of 2:00.49.
The National record stands in the name of Virdhawal Khade with a time of 1:52.41 set at the 2007 Melbourne World Swimming Championships. Virdhawal qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in this event.
The Olympic qualifying time for this event is 1:52.53.
200m Freestyle (Women): Shikha Tandon went on to win this event with a time of 2:11.90. This was one of her fill-in events towards winning the Best swimmer* - Female title, a title she won in 2005 (she missed it last year as she did not participate due to her shoulder surgery). With the 100m and 200m titles in her kitty, she seems all set to make a clean sweep of the sprint freestyle events. Teammate Kshipra Mahajan came in second with a time of 2:13.33 and Shubha C came in third with a time of 2:13.74.The National record stands in the name of Nisha Millet with a time of 2:06.81 set at the Australian Age-Group meet in 2000. Nisha qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics in this event.
The Olympic qualifying time for this event is 2:03.47.
50m Butterfly (Men): Arjun Muralidharan fired his opening salvo at the Championships by winning with a time of 25:76. He was followed by K. Rajiv with a time of 26.28 and Akbar Ali Mir finished third with a time of 26.67.
The National record stands in the name of Ankur Poseria with a time of 25.13 set at the 2007 Melbourne World Swimming Championships. Virdhawal Khade clocked 25.28 at the same meet.
This is not an Olympic event, though it is an event at the World Swimming Championships.
50m Butterfly (Women): Shikha Tandon came up on tops in the second of her fill-in events with a time of 29.41. In the process she also created a new National record, adding to the long list of National records that are in her name. This was an upset as she beat the favorite - Lekha Kamath by a hairs breadth; Lekha came in second with a time of 29.46. Shubha C, who held the National record, came in third with a time of 29.98. Shikha now leads the medal table with 3 gold medals.
This is not an Olympic event, though it is an event at the World Swimming Championships.
400 Individual Medley (Men): Rehan Poncha has had a stranglehold on this event for years and has kept bettering the National record. He won this event with a new National record, clocking a time of 4:33.59. He improved upon his time set at last month’s Asian Age-Group Swimming Championships. Aditya Sangavekar came in second with a time of 4:44.72 and V Abhishek came in third with a time of 4:47.32.
The Olympic qualifying time for this event is 4:27.44.
400 Individual Medley (Women): Richa Mishra went on to win with a time of 5:04.84. This was her second gold and she too is on track for the title of Best swimmer-Female. Pooja Alva came in second with a time of 5:18.56 and Madhavi Giri came in third with a time of 5:38.48.Richa Mishra holds the National record with a time of 5:01.08 set at the Asian Age-Group Swimming Championships last month.
The Olympic qualifying time for this event is 4:55.60.
I am heading to Goa to be part of the action. It has been really difficult sitting here and reporting all the excitement. Hence there might be a brief interruption in updates, kindly bear with it.
Note: National Record refers to the Best Indian Performance done anywhere in the world and not the Meet record.
* Each swimmer is allowed to swim a maximum of 5 individual events. The Best Swimmer, male and female, is based on the number of gold medals won and the number of records broken.
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