Vaishnav claims gold in South Asian swimming

India’s Vaishnav Hedge won gold medal in the 50M Breaststroke at South Asian Aquatic Championship in Colombo on Wednesday.

Vaishnav, from Puttur Aquatic Club, clocked 29.31 seconds to clinch the gold while Jashandeep Singh of India clocked 29.60 seconds to win silver. Kiran Jayasinghe from Sri Lanka took the bronze.

Indian results: Open: 100M butterfly: Men: Aman Ghai 56.15, 2; Avinash Mani 56.70, 3.
Women: Jyotsna Pansare 1:05.34, 1; Shrishti Nag 1:07.47, 2.
400M freestyle: Men: Avinash Mani 4:13.98, 1; Anand AS 4:15.43, 2.
Women: Shivani Kataria 04:32.15, 1; Shruthi Mahalingam 4:42.34, 2.
Group I: 50M butterfly: Boys: Prithviraj Balaji 26.05, 2.
Girls: Damini Gowda 29.94, 1; Yuga Birnale 30.50, 2.
50M breaststroke: Boys: Vaishnav Hegde 29.31, 1; Jashandeep Singh 29.60, 2.
Girls: Chahat Arora 35.29, 1.
100M breaststroke: Boys: Varun Patel 1:09.08, 2.
Girls: Harshitha Jayaram 1:16.29, 1; Riddhi Bohra 1:16.94, 2.
200M freestyle: Boys: Neel Roy 1:59.54, 2.
Girls: Damini Gowda 2:10.56, 1; Shraddha Sudhir 02:15.78, 3.
Group II: 50M backstroke: Boys: Tanmay Das 29.06, 1; Adithya Dinesh 29.39, 2.
Girls: Pratyasa Ray 32.82, 2.
100M butterfly: Boys: Sanjay CJ 54.80, 1.
Girls: Kenisha Gupta 1:01.81, 1; Mayuri Lingaraj 1:02.43, 2.
200M breaststroke: Boys: Kushal P 2:39.83, 1.
Girls: Silki Nagpure 2:51.83, 3.
Diving: Group Open Men: 3M spring board: K Ramananda Sharma (326.25), 1; Siddharth Pardeshi (301.95), 2.

Group A: Boys: Surjit Rajbanshi (417), 1; Sandip Das (399.85), 2.
Girls: Simran Rajani (316.40), 1; Bhavika Pingle (241.35), 2.
Group B: Boys: 1M spring board: N Willson Singh (342.95), 1; Ankit Punia (257.30), 2.
Girls: Titiksha Marathe (240.25), 1; Bilwa Giram (204.10), 2.
Group C: Boys: Satishkumar Prajapati (243.05), 1; Om Awasthi (224.70), 2.
Girls: Esha Waghmode (153.95), 1; Riya Mustare (130.85), 2.
Waterpolo final: Men: India bt Sri Lanka 10-8.
Women: India bt Sri Lanka: 8-4.