Tokyo: Kolhapur teen Virdhawal Khade won the
200m freestyle gold before returning to the pool to bag silver
in 50m butterfly with a new national record, while compatriot
Sandeep Sejwal bettered 100m breaststroke national mark he had
set earlier to win the silver in the Asian Age Group Swimming
Championships in Tokyo today.
In 200m freestyle, Khade clocked 1min 50.14sec to pip two
Kazakh opponents, who were hot on his heels before the Indian
won the fiercely contested race, setting a new meet record in
the process.
Later in the day, Khade bettered his own national record
to win the silver in the 50m butterfly event with a time of
24.17sec.
The young swimmer, who won 100m butterfly race yesterday,
now has two gold and one silver medals from the event with two
more individual events to go.
Meanwhile, Delhi boy Sejwal maintained his impeccable
form - bettering his own national record in 100m breaststroke
event with a scintillating time of 1min 00.97sec.
Sejwal was among the slowest to get off the blocks at the
start, but was the fastest swimmer at the turn, before again
finishing a mere whisker behind Polyakov Vladislav of
Kazakhistan to bag his second silver of the tournament in as
many races.
Sejwal yesterday had won silver in 50m breaststroke event
with a new national record of 27.84sec.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 18:26