Swimming, National Aquatic C’ships: Hashika Ramachandra sets new national record in 400m freestyle
Hashika Ramachandra also won gold in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay along with Shirin, Shalini R Dixit and Naisha for Karnataka.
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Karnataka’s Hashika Ramachandra set a new national record in the women’s 400m freestyle at the 2024 Senior National Aquatic Championships in Mangaluru on Tuesday.
Hashika broke a 13-year-old national record, held previously by Richa Mishra (4:25.76) from Ranchi, by clocking 4:24.70. Telangana’s Vritti Agarwal came in second with a time of 4:25.09.
The Men’s 400m saw Karnataka’s Aneesh S Gowda claim the top spot with a time of 3:56.59, coming in second by a fair distance was fellow state-mate Dharshan S, clocking 4:01.39.
Dhanush Suresh, from Tamil Nadu, finished first in the men’s 200m breaststroke with a timing of 2:18.85. He was followed by Karnataka’s Manikanta L who clocked 2:20.66. In the women’s 200m breaststroke, Karnataka’s Thanya Shadakshari touched the pads first at 2:40.54 and coming in second was Maharashtra’s Jyoti Bajirao Pati, who clocked 2:42.01.
The men’s 100m backstroke saw Akash Mani, representing Karnataka, finish first with a time of 56.15, followed by Rishabh Anupam Das from Maharashtra who completed the event in 57.28. Bengal’s Soubrity Mondal was the first to touch the pads in the women’s 100m backstroke at 1:05.51, she was joined shortly by Odisha’s Pratyasa Ray who clocked 1:05.82.
B Benedicton Rohit, from Tamil Nadu, narrowly edged out the competition to finish first at the men’s 50m butterfly...
