National Games | Dhinidhi dazzles in breaking the women’s 200m freestyle meet record

Karnataka swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu had a good day in the pool on Wednesday.
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Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu broke the women’s 200m freestyle meet record on the opening day of the National Games swimming competition here on Wednesday.

The 15-year-old from Karnataka finished the day with three golds, including one in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

Meanwhile, Srihari Nataraj defeated fellow-Olympian Sajan Prakash to take the men’s 200m freestyle gold, while the latter took the bronze.

Sajan, who was returning after a six-month break following the Olympics, finished with another bronze in the 100m butterfly, where Tamil Nadu’s Benediction Rohit won the gold.

The results (finals): Men: 200m free: 1. Srihari Nataraj (Kar) 1:50.57s, 2. Aneesh Gowda (Kar) 1:52.42, 3. Sajan Prakash (Ker) 1:53.73. 100m butterfly: 1. Benediction Rohit (TN) 53.89s, 2. Mihir Ambre (Mah) 54.24, 3. Sajan Prakash (Ker) 54.52. 4x100m freestyle relay: 1. Karnataka (Akash Mani, Chinatan Shetty, Aneesh Gowda, Srihari Nataraj) 3:26.26s, 2. Tamil Nadu (3:29.92), 3. Gujarat (3:32.23).

Women: 200m free: 1. Dhinidhi Desinghu (Kar) 2:03.24s MR, OR 2:07.08; 2. Bhavya Sachdeva (Del) 2:08.68, 3. Aditi Satish Hegde (Mah) 2:09.74. 100m butterfly: 1. Dhinidhi Desinghu (Kar) 1:03.62s, 2. Naisha Shetty (Kar) 1:04.81, 3. Shristi Upadhaya (Odi) 1:05.20. 4x100m freestyle: 1. Karnataka (Nina Venkatesh, Shalini Dixit, Latiesha Mandana, Dhini Desinghu) 4:01.58s, 2. Maharashtra (4:02.17), 3. Tamil Nadu (4:08.81).