K’taka overall champions

Bengaluru: Dominant Karnataka swept most of the top awards at the Senior National Swimming Championships that concluded in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
The defending champions won the men’s, women’s and the overall titles, with teenager Lineysha AK emerging the best female swimmer. The Bengalurean finished the event with two gold -- both won in record time -- and a silver.Karnataka finished with 38 medals which included 16 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze.
At the GMC Balyogi Sports Complex, Gujarat’s Aryan Nehra was adjudged the best male swimmer. He won four gold medals and all of them with meet records.
On the final day of the meet, three Karnataka women — Nina Venkatesh (100m butterfly), Lineysha (100m breaststroke) and Dhinidhi Desinghu (200m freestyle) — bettered national marks.
Results: Men: 400m medley: 1. Aryan Nehra (Guj; 4:25.62. NMR — OR: 4:30.13), 2. Shoan Ganguly (Kar; 4:33.90), 3. Yug Chelani (Raj; 4:38.80); 200m freestyle: 1. Tanish George Mathew (Kar; 1:52.10), 2. Aneesh S Gowda (Kar; 1:52.18), 3. Kushagra Rawat (Del; 1:52.87); 200m backstroke: 1. Advait Page (MP; 2:04.64), 2. Utkarsh S Patil (Kar; 2:06.01), 3. Devansh Parmar (Guj; 2:07.04); 100m breaststroke: 1. Likith SP (SSCB; 1:02.30), 2. Danush Suresh (TN; 1:02.94), 3. Adarsh M (Ker; 1:04.70); 100m butterfly: 1. Sajan Prakash (AIPSCB; 54.04), 2. Mihir Ambre (Mah; 54.53), 3. Benedicton Rohit (TN; 54.80).Women: 400m medley: 1. S Lakshya (Kar; 5:10.93), 2. Richa Mishra (AIPSCB; 5:15.79), 3. Shrungi Rajesh Bandekar (Goa; 5:17.92); 200m freestyle: 1. Dhinidhi Desinghu (Kar; 2:04.24. NMR — OR: 2:05.8), 2. Hashika Ramachandra (Kar; 2:07.64), 3. Anannya Nayak (Mah; 2:09.24); 200m backstroke: 1. Palak Joshi (Mah; 2:18.90. NMR — OR: 2:19.30), 2. Soubrity Mondal (Ben; 2:23.05), 3. Pratishtha Dangi (Mah; 2:23.89); 100m breaststroke: 1. Lineysha AK (Kar; 1:12.67; NMR — OR: 1:13.61), 2. Manavi Varma (KAR; 1:13.57), 3. Harshitha Jayaram (RSPB; 1:14.66); 100m butterfly: 1. Nina Venkatesh (Kar; 1:02.51. NMR — OR: 1:03.07), 2. Anannya Nayak (Mah; 1:03.27), 3. Apeksha Fernandes (Mah; 1:03.62).Best swimmers: Men: Aryan Nehra (Guj; 4 gold medals & 4 meet records). Women: Lineysha AK (Kar; 2 gold, 1 silver & 2 meet records). Team and overall champions: Karnataka (299 points).