CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s Prithvi Raj CSB (26.15 sec) bagged gold in the 50m butterfly event in Group I of the 43rd Junior National Aquatic Championships at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre in Bengaluru on Friday.
D Adithya added a second silver tot he state’s quota, this time in the 50m butterfly boys’ Group II event He finished behind Assam’s Bastab Tapan Bordoloi (27.15 sec).
On the penultimate day of the event, Karnataka swimmer Sanjay CJ bettered the 400 metres freestyle record in boys’ Group II section, clocking 04:15.58 minutes. He bettered the mark of 4:16.22 set by Aaron D’Souza .
The other record of the day came from Maharashtra boy Neel Roy, who set a new National mark in the boys’ Group I 200m individual medley event. The new mark was 2:10.74 as against the old one of 2:11.13.
Results: Boys: Group I: 400m freestyle: 1. Ishaan Jaffer (04:11.36 min, Mah), 2. Kushagra Rawat (04:13.04, Del), 3. Rahul M (04:15.25, Kar). 200m medley: 1. Neel Roy (02:10.74 min, Mah, NR, old record: 02:11.13, Arvind M), 2. Shivaksh Sahu (02:15.40, Chg), 3. Chandru P (02:16.92, Kar). 200m backstroke: 1. Sri Hari (02:13.09 min, Kar), 2. Advait Page (02:14.13, MP), 3. Sawan Sansanwal (02:15.33, Del). 50m butterfly: 1. Prithvi Raj CSB (26.15 sec, TN), 2. Xavier D’Souza (26.29, Goa), 3. Mihir Ambre (26.39, Mah). Group II: 200m medley: 1. Kushal P (02:19.08 min, Kar), 2. Sanskar Tokas (02:19.86, Del), 3. Bastab Tapan Bordoloi (02:23.41, Asm). 200m backstroke: 1. Nanak Moolchandni (02:19.66 min, MP), 2. Sanskar Tokas (02:19.67, Del), 3. A Kausik Victo (02:22.72, TN). 50m butterfly: 1. Bastab Tapan Bordoloi (27.15 sec, Asm), 2. D Adhithya (27.18, TN), 3. Prasidha Krishna PA (28.26, Kar). 400m freestyle: 1. Sanjay CJ (04:15.58 min, Kar, NR, old record: 4:16.22, Aaron D’Souza), 2. Rudransh Mishra (04:25.65, Mah), 3. Saif Chandan KS (04:25.70, Kar). Girls: Group I: 800m freestyle: 1. Rayna Saldhana (09:47.73 min, Mah), 2. Preksha HM (09:50.11, Kar), 3. Nikitha SV (09:52.92, Kar). 200m medley: 1. Sayani Ghosh (02:27.50 min, Ben), 2. Birnale Yuga (02:35.77, Mah), 3. Jhanati Rajesh (02:37.74, Kar). 200m backstroke: 1. Soubrity Mondal (02:32.01, Ben), 2. Yuga Birnale (02:33.83, Mah), 3. Trisha Karkhanis (02:34.46, Mah). 50m butterfly: 1. Damini K Gowda (29.90 sec, Kar), 2. Aarya Rajguru (30.07, Mah), 3. Ambalika Basak (30.30, Ben). Group II: 50m freestyle: 1. Khushi Dinesh (18:48.19, Kar), 2. Nandini SS (18:58.17 min, Kar), 3. Varsha V (19:44.27, TN). 200m medley: 1. Kenisha Gupta (02:31.69 min, Mah), 2. Aaliya Singh (02:37.18, UP), 3. Jahnavi Goli (02:39.84, Tel). 200m backstroke: 1. Pratyasa Ray (02:35.57 min, Odi), 2. Tanisha Malviya (02:38.32, Del), 3. R Jaahnavi (02:39.55, TN).
Viswa stars
D Viswa of KTTC beat G Sharath Kumar of DBYC 11-4,11-3,11-4 in the sub-junior pre-quarterfinals of the Rotary Club of Madras Mount-4th state-ranking table tennis tournament.
Results: Sub-junior: Pre-quarterfinals: Boys: D Viswa (KTTC) bt G Sharath kumar (DBYC) 11-4,11-3,11-4; K Harish (MVM) bt Divyashu Gupta (CTTF) 6-11,9-11,11-2,11-8,15-13; S Karthikeyan(RTTA) bt Hari Vignesh (KTTC) 11-6,11-8,11-8; Sanketh Mahipal (KTTC) bt R Karthick Raj (RTTA) 11-9,11-9,11-5; G Varun (MVM) bt Navneeth (MDX) 11-4,11-5,11-5; Mohana Viswam (RTTA) bt Jai Gadia (AKG) 9-11,8-11,12-10,11-1,11-5; K Karthijeyan (KTTC) bt RJ Saravana (RTTA) 11-7,17-15,5-11,5-11,12-10; Vijay darshan (SMTTA) bt Sri Sai (RTTA) 11-7,16-18,11-5,8-11,11-4.
Girls: A Maria Ancy (AKG) bt M Baghya Shree (KTTC) 11-4,14-12,6-11,11-7; DK Veadha lakshmi (MVM) bt Madhumitha (SDAT-MDU) 11-8,11-4,11-9; M Yazhini (KTTC) bt Hrithika (LTTA) 11-7,5-11,11-6,11-7; M Nithya shree (Ch ACH) bt K Hemaa (SPTTC) 11-6,11-7,11-7; B Kavya Sree(ENTTA) bt N Aashika (KTTC) 6-11,11-3,11-8,11-6; KE Monica (Marthoma) bt Shreya Shiva Kumar (Ch ACH) 11-8,11-6,11-9; V Vaishnavi (VinWin) bt Rakshita (RTTA) 6-11,11-9,11-9,11-4. S Sharmitha (MVM) bt VS Nehal (SDAT-Mdu) 11-7,11-7,11-5.
Ball badminton tourney
About 20 teams will participate at the 8th St Joseph’s all-India ball badminton tournament for men from July 9 to 11 at St Joseph’s CoE. Prize money is `1 lakh.
