Nisha Millet makes a splash with silver, bronze

NEW DELHI, AUG 22: When Nisha Millet she came out of the Talkatora Pool after completing her 400m freestyle event in the Nutrine Asia-Pac...

NEW DELHI, AUG 22: When Nisha Millet she came out of the Talkatora Pool after completing her 400m freestyle event in the Nutrine Asia-Pacific Swimming and Diving Championship today, she was elated. “I did not expect it,” she said.

It was just a bronze medal. But during the course of her effort, she had set a new national mark in the event, which was not hers until recently. Her timing of 4:29.72 clipped off her own national record of 4:37.11 set at the Jodhpur Nationals last month. Before this achievement, Nisha had also won a silver in the 100m backstroke.

Chinese Taipei ruled the pool with 39 medals (13-11-15) and a meet record in the 400m free style. The Indians finished the opening day with seven silver and seven bronze medals (both in swimming and diving).

M Usha, Rakhi Mehra, Rajshree Chakrabarty, Shikha Tandon, Ishani Ghosh, Shruti Shrivastava and Suparna Paul were the medallists.

Rajshree Chakrabarty managed a silver (400m free) and three bronze medals. Usha also got two medals, including asilver.

Nisha, who was fifth in the first 150m, covered a long distance to go one place up at the turn and picked up momentum going into the last lap. Inching her way up, she posed a threat to Thai Tachakittranan Pilan but the latter claimed second spot behind team-mate Cherdchuriyasub Tanatpo.

Thailand finished the day with seven gold, two silver and two bronze medals while China were third in the list with five gold, four silver and a bronze.

Story continues below this ad

Kong Kon Kay (Hong Kong) clocked 1:03.39 in the 100m butterfly for a meet record. He eclipsed Chinese He Youn Cho’s mark of 1:04.5 set at the Colombo meet in 1995.

RESULTS

Men’s 200m IM: 1 Pukhnaty Oleg (Uzb) 2:11.44 seconds, 2 Fong Lik Sun (HK), 3 Hung Chien-Chih (Taipei). 100m free: 1 Huang Chih Yung (Taipei) 52.96s, 2 Hung Chien-Chih (Taipei), 3 Sidoros Pavel (Kza). 100m back: 1 Sidoros Pavel (Kaz) 1:00.90, 2 Alexander Egorov (Kyr), 3 Konstantin Poriahom (Kyr). 400m free: 1 Fong Lik Sun (HK) 4:08.94, 2 Hung Chien-Chih (Taipei), 3 Chen Chien-Chih(Taipei).

Women’s 200m Individual medley: 1 Lin Chi-Chan (Taipei) 2:31.94s, 2 M Usha (Ind), 3 Rajshree Chakrabarty (Ind). 100m free: 1 Lin Chi-Chan (Taipei) 1:00.63s, 2 Mok Wing Yan (HK), 3 Rajshree Chakrabarty (Ind) 1:06.05. 100m back: 1 Lin Chi-Chan (Taipei) 1:09.41, 2 Rakhee Mehra (Ind) 1:15.77, 3 Rajshree Chakrabarty (Ind) 1:18.05. 400m free: 1 Lin Chi-Chan (Taipei) 4:27.25 (NMR), 2 Rajshree Chakrabarty (Ind) 5:00.96, 3 M Usha (Ind) 5:09.85.Group I (15-17 year): Boys’ 100m butterfly: 1 Wu Nien-Pin (Taipei) 58.11s, 2 Hwang Joon-Il (Kor), 3 Huang Wei-Fan (Taipei). 200m IM: 1 Wu Nien-Tin (Taipei) 2:09.93, 2 Mark Chay (Sng), 3 Yang Sang-Hsuan (Taipei). 100m back: 1 Mark Chay (Sig) 0.50.09, Lee Jong Min (Kor), Inu Nien-Pin (Taipei). 100m free: 1 J Phinyosophon (Thi) 0.56.43, 2 Yin Jun (Chn), 3 Hao Xiaofeng (Chn). 400m free: 1 Li Yun-Lun (Taipei) 4:05.44, 2 Choi Won-il (Kor), 3 Tsai Chi-Wen (Taipei).

Girls’ 100m butterfly: 1 Tachakittiranan Pilin (Thi) 1:03.09, 2 Tsai Hiu Wai (HK), 3 Iamsamitamorn Tachapho(Thi). 200m IM: 1 Tsai Hiu Wai (HK) 2:24.75, 2 Liad Ya-Han (Taipei), 3 Wang Ning (Taipei). 100m back: 1 Tsai Hiu Wai (HK) 1:05.22, 2 Nisha Millet (Ind) 1:08.57, 3 Cherdchuriya Asub Tanatpo (Thi). 100m free: 1 Qu Jing (Chn) 0.58.82, 2 N Tangtorrith (Thi), 3 Chan Wing Shet (HK). 400m free: 1 Cherdchuriyasub Tanatpo (Thi) 4:28.03, 2 Tachakittiranan Pilin (Thi), 3 Nisha Millet (Ind) 4:29.72 (NNR).

Story continues below this ad

Group II (13-14 years): Boys’ 200m IM: 1 Kunakoren Yinsomruay (Thi) 2.17.69, 2 Hsu Ming Hung (Taipei), 3 Wong Shen Ta (Taipei). 100m butterfly: 1 Terence Lam (Sng) 1:01.21, 2 Gou Miaq (Chi), 3 Hsu Ming Hung (Taipei). 100m back: 1 Yang Shun-Chi (Taipei), Yee Hoi Ping (HK), Fai Yau Sun (HK). 400m free: 1 Hsu Ming Hung (Taipei) 4:11.64, Jaing Bing-Ru (Taipei), 3 Chen Tei-Hsi (Taipei).

Girls’ 100m butterfly: 1 Kong Kon Kay (HK) 1.03.39 (NMR), 2 Tsai Chia-Ning (Taipei), 3 Denyse Tan (Sng). 200m IM: 1 Rebecca Heng (Sng) 2.29.63, 2 Tsai Chia-Ning (Taipei), 3 Hsiek Shu-Ni (Taipei). 100m back: 1 Chorkaew Choompol (Thi)1:08.93, 2 Hsieh Shu-Ni (Taipei), Chow Hei Man (KH). 400m free: 1 Baek Il-Joo (Kor) 4:32.28, 2 Shikha Tandon (Ind) 4:35.11, 3 Inu Yen-Ju (Taipei).

Group III (11-12 years): Boys’ 100m breast: 1 Chiang Chen-Lin (Taipei) 1.12.41, 2 Huo Shichag (Chi), 3 Hsieh Hsin Ying (Taipei) 1.15.04.Girls’ 100m breastroke: 1 You Xianoyun (Chi) 1.17.47, 2 Wong Hiu Nam (HK), 3 Yang China-Kuei (Taipei) 1.20.73.

Diving Men: 3m spring board: 1 Suchart Pichi (Thi) 558.65, 2 Anwar Mubarak (Kuw), 3 Mahboub Mahmoud (Kuw) 443.05.

Story continues below this ad

Women: 3m spring board: 1 Chen Ting (Taipei) 411.90 points, 2 Ishani Ghosh (Ind) 289.55, 3 Shweta Gogtay (Ind) 246.30.

Group 1 Boys platform: 1 Fian Ching Yao (Taipei) 394.60, 2 Mubarak Naini (Qat), 3 Ali Al Baghli (Kuw) 354.75.

Girls platform: 1 Sukrutai Tommaoros (Thi) 395.00, Tsai Yi San (Taipei), Suparna Paul (Ind) 267.70.

Group II Boys: 1m spring board: 1 Sulaman Alzabe (Kuw) 308.10, 2 Lin Tzu-Hsiang (Taipei), 3 Mohammed A B Bahari (Mal).

Story continues below this ad

Girls 1m spring board: 1 Min Ktung Kang (Kor) 279.20,2 Shruti Shrivastava (Ind) 219.40.

Group III Boys’ 1m spring board: 1 Tong Kang (Chi) 265.00 points, 2 Shije Chen (Chi), 3 Meshari Al-Meshari (Kwt).

Girl’s 1m spring board: 1 Yunziaozi Yan (Chi) 244.46 points, 2 Wu Hui-Ju (Taipei), 3 Tsai Wan-Chun (Taipei).