: Swimming: Srihari Nataraj creates third national record in two days, wins gold at Uzbekistan Open #IndiaNEWS Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj created a national record in 50m backstroke while winning

Swimming: Srihari Nataraj creates third national record in two days, wins gold at Uzbekistan Open #IndiaNEWS
Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj created a national record in 50m backstroke while winning his second gold of the Uzbekistan Open Championship in Tashkent. The 20-year-old clocked 25.11 seconds to bag the top prize at the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifying event on Saturday night.Indian swimmers enjoyed a rich haul of 29 medals – 18 gold, seven silver and four bronze – at the meet.It was Srihari’s third national record in two days as the Bengaluru swimmer had rewritten the national marks twice in 100m backstroke, his pet event, earlier this week.In 100m backstroke, in which Srihari has already achieved the ‘B’ standard time for Tokyo Olympics, the Indian had clocked his personal best of 54.10s in the heats before bettering it to 54.07s in the final to win the gold. He missed the Olympic ‘A’ qualification mark in the event by just 0.22 seconds.Finishing the Uzbekistan open 2021 with 2 golds, 3 national records and just falling short of the Olympic A qualifying time by 0.22s in the 100M Backstroke. Felt great to be back racing internationally and looking forward to the next!#KirenRijiju @Media_SAI @swimmingfedera1 pic.twitter.com/hAk05q199i— Srihari Nataraj (@srihari3529) April 17, 2021 Another Olympic hopeful, Sajan Prakash also dazzled in the meet, notching up gold medal-winning performances in all four categories he participated...Read more

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