Record-breaking Suvana beats Maana to 2nd place

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Suvana C Baskar upset Olympian Maana Patel in the 50m backstroke event at the Senior National Swimming Championship in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old, who trains at Dolphin Aquatics, touched pad in 29.63 seconds to push Maana (29.71 sec) to the second spot. She also sliced more than 0.16 seconds off Maana’s national record of 29.79 seconds, set last year.Suvana’s state-mate Ridhima Veerendra Kumar settled for the silver.
Maharashtra’s Rujuta Khade was the pick among the swimmers on the penultimate day as she eclipsed a 20-year-old record in the 50m freestyle. Rujuta timed 26.47 seconds to better Shikha Tandon’s record of 26.61 set in 2003. In the corresponding me’s event, Rujuta’s husband and Olympian Virdhawal Khade took home the gold.
Results: Men: 1500M freestyle: 1. Aryan Nehra (Guj; 15:29.76. NMR – OR: 15:38.13), 2. Kushagra Rawat (Del; 15:45.62), 3. Advait Page (MP; 16:07.27); 200m butterfly: 1. Sajan Prakash (AIPSCB; 1:59.37 789), 2. Sanu Debnath (RSPB; 2:04.62), 3. Harsh Saroh (Har; 2:05.60); 50m backstroke: 1. Madhu PS (SSCB; 26.60), 2. Benedicton Rohit B (TN; 26.77), 3. Xavier Michael D'Souza (Goa; 26.80); 50m freestyle: 1. Virdhawal Khade (Mah; 22.82), 2. Mihir Ambre (Mah; 22.96), 3. AS Anand (SSCB; 23.30);Women: 800m freestyle: 1. Bhavya Sachdeva (Del; 9:15.59), 2. Vritti Agarwal (Tel; 9:17.62), 3. Aanya Wala (Mah; 9:24.67); 200m butterfly: 1. Astha Choudhury (RSPB; 2:22.63), 2. Shakthi B (TN; 2:26.57), 3. Suhasini Ghosh (KAR; 2:26.94); 50m backstroke: 1. Suvana C Baskar (Kar; 29.63; NMR-OR: 29.79), 2. Maana Patel (Guj; 29.71), 3. Ridhima Veerendra Kumar (Kar; 30.53); 50m freestyle: 1. Rujuta Khade (Mah; 26.47; NMR—OR: 26.61), 2. Anannya Nayak (Mah 26.64), 3. Nina Venkatesh (Kar; 26.73); 4x100m medley: 1. Maharashtra (4:23.65; NMR—OR: 4:29.81), 2. Karnataka (4:27.80), 3. Bengal (4:31.43)