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Pune, July 20: Nothing, absolutely nothing could stop the resurgent Karnataka swimmers as they made a clean sweep on the final day of the 24th Junior Aquatics National Championship, at the Mhalunge Balewadi Sports Complex here today.
The noteworthy feature of the championship was that aqua queen8217; Abhinaya Shetty, who won all the nine individual events she took part in, added a tenth gold to her tally by anchoring the relay squad. Though she did not set a record, her efforts nevertheless helped her win the girls under-18 individual title.
Defending champions Karnataka, who have ruled the pool for five years, extended their reign when they notched a tally of 416 points to win the overall team championships title.
The 16-year-old Hazarika, gave himself an birthday gift a day in advance when he broke the 13-year-old 100 metres freestyle record set by Vishal Kapoor in 1983.
Elvis, who broke the record in the morning heats 55.38s, failed to repeat his feat in the final where he won the gold with a time of 55.59s.Today Abhinaya won gold in the 400m IM, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle.
Karnataka won seven gold today for an overall tally of 21 gold, 20 silver and 13 bronze.
Hosts Maharashtra won two gold medals today; Radhika Lakhani 200m breaststroke in under-15 and Sindoor Thakkar in 50m freestyle in under-15.RESULTS
Boys under-18: 400m IM: 1 SV Preetam Kar 5:14.43 secs; 2 Shreesh Ready Kar, 3 Jaspreet Singh Pun. 100m backstroke: 1 Surjit Ganguly Ben 1.02.62 secs; 2 Elvis Ali Hazarika Assam, 3 Sachin Kakkar Del. 100m freestyle: 1 Elvis Ali Hazarika Assam 55.59 secs nmr; 2 Surjit Ganguly Ben, 3 Santosh Mahale Kar.
Indvidual champion: Elvis Ali Hazarika Assam, 45 pts.
Team championship: Karnataka: 88 pts.
Boys Under-15 200m backstroke: 1 Mario Johnson Kar 2.27.61secs; 2 Tanuj Arora Del, 3 K Bharat Kar. 100m butterfly: 1 Mario Johnson Kar 1.03.48secs; 2 Satyapriya Gupta UP, 3 Somyadeep Bandopadhyay Ben. 50m freestyle: 1 R Reji Kumar Ker 26.73secs; 2 Daksh Trivedi Del, 3 Akbar Ali Mir Ben.
Individual champion: Mario Johnson Karnataka, 43 pts.
Team championships: Karnataka: 93 pts.
Girls Under-18 400m IM: 1 Abhinaya Shetty Kar 5.37.29 secs; 2 K Chitra Kar, 3 M Usha Ker. 100m backstroke: 1 Abhinaya Shetty Kar 1.11.41 secs, 2 Naina Sen Del, 3 Dharshana Rajaram Kar. 100m freestyle: 1 Abhinya Shetty Kar 1.03.34 secs, 2 Naina Sen Del, 3 K Chitra Kar.
Individual champion: Abhinaya Shetty Karnataka, 63 pts.
Team championships: Karnataka: 156 pts
Girls Under-15 200m breaststroke: 1 Richa Mishra Del 2.37.05 secs, 2 CS Malovika Kar, 3 Nanita Khurana Mah. 200m breaststroke: 1 Radhika Lakhani Mah 3.00.93 secs; 2 Nisha Mahale Kar, 3 Zeba Wadia Mah. 100m butterfly: 1 Divya Bajaj Kar 1.10.39 secs; 2 Richa Mishra Del, 3 Nanita Khurana Mah. 50m freestyle: 1 Sindoor Thakkar Mah 29.29 secs; 2 Reshma Millet Kar, 3 Merina Thomas Kar. Individual champion: Richa Mishra Delhi, 44 pts
Team championship: Karnataka: 94 pts.
Overall team championship: Karnataka: 416 pts.
