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    11th Asian Aquatics C’ships: Srihari Nataraj Opens India’s Medal Tally With Double Haul

    By IANS News September 28, 2025 • 20:18 PM View: 365
    India Head Coach Nihar Ameen: Twenty-four-year-old Srihari Nataraj opened India’s medal tally at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships here at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad by clinching a Silver medal in the 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke for men.

    He clocked an impressive 1:48.47 seconds in 200m freestyle, finishing behind China’s Haibo XU who clocked 1:46.83 to bag the gold and in 50m backstroke he clocked 25.46 seconds to win another Silver. China’s Gukailai Wang bagged the Gold with a timing of 25.11 seconds.

    Now focusing on middle-distance events apart from his pet events that is 50m and 100m backstroke, Srihari got off to a strong start in the 200m freestyle in the first race of the finals on Sunday evening. Swimming in lane no.1, he was on-par with Haibo, with his first 50m split at 25.10 while the Chinese swimmer’s was 24.93 seconds.

    TAGS Asian Aquatics Srihari Nataraj Asian Aquatics Championships Veer Savarkar Sports Complex Haibo XU Gukailai Wang Minami Yui Hanari Runo Dhinidhi Desinghu Hong Kong Xintong Wang India Head Coach Nihar Ameen Asian Championships
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