Telangana swimmer Vritti Agarwal bags bronze at National Aquatic Championship

Telangana swimmer Vritti Agarwal secured a bronze medal in 400m freestyle event at the 76th Senior National Aquatic Championship

Hyderabad: Telangana swimmer Vritti Agarwal secured a bronze medal in 400m freestyle event at the 76th Senior National Aquatic Championship at GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gachibowli in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Vritti clocked 4:33.33s behind Bhavya Sachdeva of Delhi and Ananya Wala of Maharashtra who recorded 4:28.65s and 4:30.14s timings to win gold and silver medals respectively.

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On the opening day of the championship, four national records were rewritten as Olympian Maana Patel improved her own national record of 1:04.33 in the women’s 100m backstroke events by clocking 1:03.48s. Among others who created new national marks were Gujarat’s Aryan Nehra and Karnataka swimmers Nina Venkatesh and Lineysha A K.

Aryan, who has already sealed a berth for the Asian Games and World Championships in the men’s 800m and 1500m freestyle, clinched the gold medal in the men’s 400m freestyle event, setting a new national record with a timing of 3:52.55.

Results: Men: 400m Freestyle: 1. Aryan Nehra (GUJ), 2. Kushagra Rawat (Del), 3. Aneesh S Gowda (KAR); Women: 1. Bhavya Sachdeva (DEL), 2. Aanya Wala (MAHA), 3. Vritti Agarwal (TS);

Men: 200m Breaststroke: 1. Danush Suresh (TN), 2. Lohith M (RSPB), 3. Manikanta Lakshman (KAR); Women: 1. Lineysha A K (KAR), 2. S Lakshya (KAR), 3. Venika Parikh (GUJ).