Dhinidhi eclipses 13-yr-old mark, double for Sharan

Bengaluru: Dhinidhi Desinghu of Dolphins Aquatics eclipsed a 13-year-old state record en route to gold in the 100m

freestyle

event (girls, group II) at the State sub-junior and junior aquatics championship in Belagavi on Saturday. The teenager touched pad in 59.64 seconds to rewrite the 1:01.33 mark set by Sneha T in 2009.In the boys Group III category, Matsya Inc’s Sharan Sridhara won a double gold, claiming the top prize in the 400m freestyle and 100m

backstroke

event.Results (Winners only): Boys: Group I: 400m Freestyle: Sanjith J (BAC) 4:18.41; 50m

Breaststroke

: Vidith S Shankar (Dolphin) 30.65; 200m Backstroke: Utkarsh Santosh Patil (BAC) 2:07.59; 100m Freestyle: Kartikeyan Nair (Dolphin) 54.42; 4x100m Medley:

BAC

A 4:07.03.Group II: 400m Freestyle: Dhakshan S (BAC) 4:28.70; 50m Breaststroke: Navaneeth Gowda (Dolphin) 4.02; 100m Freestyle: Ishaan Mehra (Dolphin) 56.87Group III: 400m Freestyle: Sharan Sridhara (Matsya Inc) 4:48.89; 50m Breaststroke: Jas Singh (Matsya Inc) 39.45; 100m Backstroke: Sharan Sridhara (Matsya Inc) 1:15.83; 4x50m Freestyle: BAC 2:09.13Girls: Group I: 400m Freestyle: Ashmitha Chandra (Gafray SP) 4:41.39; 50m Breaststroke: S Lakshya (BAC) 35.84; 200m Backstroke: Ridhima Veerendrakumar (BAC) 2:25.21(NMR; OR: 2:25.58, 2021); 100m Freestyle: Nina Venkatesh (Dolphin) 1:00.00, 4x100m Medley: BAC A 4:39.05 (NMR).Group II: 400m Freestyle: Hashika Ramachandra (Dolphin) 4:37.77 (NMR; 4:38.66; 2021); 50m Breaststroke:

Vihitha Nayana

(BAC) 34.96 (NMR; 35.41); 200m Backstroke: Meenakshi Menon (BAC) 2:38.78; 100m Freestyle: Dhinidhi Desinghu (Dolphin) 59.64 (1:01.33; 2009);Group III: 400m Freestyle: Aadya Nair (Dolphin)5:40.01; 50m Breaststroke: Saanvi Maigur (DKV AC) 41.10; 100m Backstroke: Shelyn Sunil (Dolphin) 1:21.11.