Telangana’s Jona claims six medals in 34th South Zone Aquatic Championship

Jona clinched a gold in 200 freestyle event with a timing of 2:27s. The State swimmer also bagged four silvers – 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, medley relay 4×50m and freestyle relay 4×50m

Hyderabad: Telangana swimmer Jona Shiju claimed six medals including a gold in the 34th South Zone Aquatic Championship 2023 held at BSA Swimming Pool, Bengaluru, Karnataka on Friday.

Jona, who trains at Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad, clinched a gold in 200 freestyle event with a timing of 2:27s. The State swimmer also bagged four silvers – 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, medley relay 4×50m and freestyle relay 4×50m. She claimed a bronze 100 breaststroke event.

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Meanwhile, on the last day of the championship, another State swimmer Sri Nithya Sagi continued her good form and sealed top spot in the 400m medley event ahead of N Hitashree of Karnataka and Pranavi Ramu of Tamil Nadu.

Results: Girls: 1500m Freestyle group II: 1. Tanisha Vinay (KAR) (19:59.35s), 2. Shamani H Gowda (KAR) (20:12.91s), 3. Ritu Snehal Devapalli (TS) (20:33.62s); Boys: 100m Breaststroke group I: 1. OR Surya Jhoyappa (KAR) (1:09.75s), 2. Jordan Dominic Franklin (TS) (1:11.92s), 3. Shreyas Manjunath (KAR) (1:11.98s); Boys: 100m Breaststroke group II: 1. Daksh Matta (KAR) (1:14.72s), 2. Daniel Paul J (KAR) (1:14.92s), 3. Goutham Shashi Vardhan Baggu Naidu (TS) (1:16.78s); Girls: 100m Breaststroke group III: 1. Poornima Dev (KL) (1:30.06s), 2. Shreya Suresh Pujar (KAR) (1:30.61s), 3. Jona Shiju (TS) (1:32.83s); Boys: 50m Backstroke group III: 1. Nikhil Tej Reddy (KAR) (35.54s), 2. Aarush Das (TS) (36.31s), 3. Aadi C Chackala (KL) (36.56s); Girls: 1. Shivani Karra (TS) (33.75s), 2. Shreya Binil (KL) (33.84s), 3. Avhni Belliappa (KAR) (36.24s); Boys: 200m Butterfly group II: 1. S Yuvan Adithya (KAR) (2:22.01s), 2. Dhrupad Ramakrishna (KAR) (2:22.53s), 3. Siddharth Kalia (TS) (2:37.15s); Boys: 400m Medley group II: 1. S Sharan (KAR) (5:10.32s), 2. Gowtham Chirumamilla (TS) (5:22.18s), 3. Goutham Shashi Vardhan Baggu Naidu (TS) (5:23.10s); Girls: 400m Medley group II: 1. Sri Nithya Sagi (TS) (5:40.14s), 2. N Hitashree (KAR) (5:54.73s), 3. Pranavi Ramu (TN) (5:55.09s); Boys: 100m Freestyle group III: 1. Varshith Raj Nandikanti (TS) (1:05.35s), 2. Monish Naidu P (TN) (1:06.55s), 3. Ronith Arun Kumar (KAR) (1:07.25s); Girls: 100m Freestyle group III: 1. K Lasya Sri (AP) (1:07.47s), 2. Jona Shiju (TS) (1:07.87s), 3. Sumanvi V (KAR) (1:09.21s).