Asian Games bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade and Divya Satija obliterated their own national records to win gold in the men's and women's 50m breaststroke event respectively on the third day of the 73rd Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championship here on Monday.
The five-day meet, being held at the Prakash Taran Pushkar Bhavan, saw three new records being written.
Virdhawal created a national meet record in the men's 50m butterfly. He finished with a time of 00:24.19s and broke his own record (24.26s) set last year. Supriya Mondal representing Railways fought with Virdhawal stroke for stroke but had to settle for silver with a time of 00:24.55s while Mihir Ambre of Maharashtra finished third with a timing of 00:24.78s.
The 23-year-old Divya, representing Haryana, broke her own two-year-old record. She piped Karnataka's Nina Venkatesh while Maharashtra's Jyotsna Pansare come in third.
Divya not only won gold but also established the national meet record clocking 00:28.33 seconds.
The Karnataka relay team recorded the third record of the day. In the 4x100 metre men's medley relay, the quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likith SP, Rakshith Shetty, and Prithvi M powered to the finish line in 3:48.83 to clinch the gold medal.
Rujuta Khade emerged as the country's fastest female swimmer taking the 50m freestyle title. Her husband Virdhawal had won the men's 50m freestyle event yesterday.
In the women's 1500m freestyle Richa Mishra (Police) bagged the top honours with a time of 17:55.55, followed by Bhavika Dugar of Tamil Nadu who clocked 17:57.67, Khushi Dinesh of Karnataka finished third 17:58.14
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