Aneesh S Gowda, from Karnataka, was named the Individual Champion from the Men\u2019s category with four Gold medals and Hashika Ramachandra, also from Karnataka, claimed the top spot among Women with three Golds and one Silver medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The icing on the cake for Karnataka was the creation of a new record in the Men\u2019s 4x100m Freestyle. Prithvi M, Kartikeyan Nair, Akash Mani, and Srihari Nataraj combined to post 3:28.09 and better Karnataka\u2019s own record of 3:28.16 from 2023. Unni krishnan s, Vikkas Prabhakar, Vinayak Vijay, and Anand As from Services Sports Control Board finished second with 3:28.93.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The meet also witnessed Railway Sports Promotion Board\u2019s Shivangi Sarma, Astha Choudhury, Kanya Nayyar, and Avantika Sudhir Chavan break Maharashtra\u2019s existing record of 4:02.24 in the Women\u2019s 4x100m Freestyle, created in 2023, by clocking 4:01.83. Karnataka\u2019s Shirin, Vihitha Nayana Loganathan, Shalini R Dixit, and Hashika Ramachandra came in second at 4:02.62.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the Women\u2019s 400m Individual Medley, Karnataka\u2019s Thanya Shadakshar was marginally leading in the initial 100m of Butterfly but Maharashtra\u2019s Saanvi Deshwal pulled ahead of her in the next 100m Backstroke. Thanya made up some distance in Breaststroke to come up alongside Saanvi and in the last 100m of freestyle put a significant distance between them to finish first with 5:08.10 while Saanvi came in second with 5:10.89.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
SSCB\u2019s Vinayak Vijay was leading the 400m Individual Medley in the first 100m Butterly, accompanied by Dhulipudi Varshith, from Telangana and Yug Chelani, from Rajasthan. Dhulipudi and Yug overtook Vinayak in the next 100m Backstroke, but Vinayak clawed his way back into contention in the Breastroke. In the last 100m of Freestyle, Yug Chelani and Andhra Pradesh\u2019s Mongam Theerdhu Samadev turned the table to finish first and second with 4:36.39 and 4:36.44 respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Women\u2019s 200m Backstroke saw Odisha\u2019s Pratyasa Ray lead in the first 50m but Bengal\u2019s Soubrity Mondal turned on the after burners to snatch the lead and held it for the rest of the race to finish first with 2:21.76 and Pratyasa finished second with 2:24.29.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the Men\u2019s 200m Backstroke, Tamil Nadu\u2019s Nithik Nathella and Maharashtra\u2019s Rishabh Anupam Das went neck to neck, Rishabh began pulling ahead halfway through the race but in the last 50m sprint Nithik overtook Rishabh and claimed first place, clocking 2:03.47. While Rishabh finished second at 2:04.03.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Women\u2019s 200m Backstroke saw Odisha\u2019s Pratyasa Ray lead in the first 50m but Bengal\u2019s Soubrity Mondal turned on the after burners to snatch the lead and held it for the rest of the race to finish first with 2:21.76 and Pratyasa finished second with 2:24.29.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Also Read: <\/b> ICC Women's T20 WC Schedule<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n