All India Inter-Club Swimming Competition: Double joy for Veer Khatkar

Nina Venkatesh, Veer Khatkar and Sanjeevan Kumar Das hogged the limelight with impressive shows at the 1st All India Inter-Club Swimming Competition held at the GMC Balayogi Aquatic Complex in Gachibowli Stadium.

On the final day SGTIDM’s Veer Khatkar turned out to be the eye catching swimmer as he clocked 31.37 seconds to win the boys 50 metres backstroke. Gogoi Manjima (34.09) and Nayan Vignesh (34.44) took the second and third spots respectively.

Veer continued his fine run even in the 100 metres freestyle to leave his opponents behind. He took 59.96 seconds to outclass Hiren Sagolshem (1:01.37) who finished runner-up while Tanmay Shinde (1:01.76) settled for the third position.

Nina of Dolphin Aquatics topped the girls 100 metres backstroke leaving behind Palak Dhami (1:14.76) and Chaitya A. Jain (1:28.29) who finished second and third respectively.

In the girls 50 metres fly category, Nina fell short of the first place but nevertheless made the podium in third place with a timing of 32.34. SGTIDM’s Uttara Gogoi emerged victor in 32.11 while Shania G. Siromani was runner-up.

Sanjeevan Kumar Das was another swimmer to steal the show on the final day as he notched the second spot in the boys 50 metres breaststroke as well as the 100 metres freestyle.

The Results
Boys
100m backstroke (group 3):
1. Tanmaie Shinde (Dolphin Aquatics, 1:12.78);
2. Bharghav Phukan (Sgtidm, 1:13.39);
3. Gogoi Manjim (Siva Sagar Swim Society, 1:15.07).

200m medley (group 4):
1. Vidith S. Shankar (Dolphin Aquatics, 2:43.81);
2. Ashwin R. Jaiswar (Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board, 2:56.36);
3. (Yajat Aiyappa K.P. (Dolphin Aquatics, 3:05.03).

50m fly (group 3):
1. Bikram Changmai (Sgtidm, 28.00);
2. Aryan Vernakar (Sgtidm 28.39);
3. Samarth Subramanya (Dolphin Aquatics, 29.74).

50m freestyle (group 4):
1. Anshu Kar (Sgtidm 31.89),
2. Reyhan Bashir (Siva Sagar Swim Society, 32.60);
3. Ashwin R. Jaiswar (Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board, 32.85).

50m breaststroke (group 3):
1. Swadesh Mondal (Sgtidm, 33.60),
2. Pragun Dev (Dolphin Aquatics, 35.70);
3. Harsha R. (Dolphin Aquatics, 35.80). 

Girls

100m backstroke (group 3):
1. Nina Venkatesh (Dolphin Aquatics, 1:14.20);
2. Palak Dhami (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 1:14.76);
3. Chaitya A. Jain (Dolphin Aquatics, 1:28.29).

200m medley (group 4):
1. Anaya Punamiya (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 2:56.48);
2. Ambar J. Singh (Dolphin Aquatics, 3:01.07);
3. Datri Darshan (Dolphin Aquatics, 3:02.38).

50m fly (group 3):
1. Uttara Gogoi (Sgtidm, 32.11);
2. Shania G. Siromani (Dolphin Aquatics, 32.14);
3. Nina Venkatesh (Dolphin Aquatics, 32.34).

50m freestyle (group 4):
1. Kiara Bangera (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 31.82);
2. Neha S. Viswanath (Young Challengers Swim Club, 33.58);
3. Datri Darshan (Dolphin Aquatics, 34.00).

50m breaststroke (group 3):
1. Ananya Pandey (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 38.49);
2. Neha Das (Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity, 38.76);
3. Shania G. Siromani (Dolphin Aquatics, 39.43). 

Boys

50m backstroke (group 3):
1. Veer Khatkar (Sgtidm, 31.37);
2. Gogoi Manjim (Siva Sagar Swim Society, 34.09);
3. Nayan Vignesh (Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre, 34.44).

50m breaststroke (group 4):
1. Vidith S. Shankar (Dolphin Aquatics, 39.07);
2. Sanjeevan Kumar Das (Marlin Aquatics, 39.34);
3. Anshu Kar (Sgtidm, 40.07).

100m freestyle (group 3):
1. Veer Khatkar (Sgtidm, 59.96);
2. Hiren Sagolshem (Mgmc, 1:01.37);
3. Tanmaie Shinde (Dolphin Aquatics, 1:01.76).

100m freestyle (group 4):
1. Ashwin R. Jaiswar (Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board, 1:11.38);
2. Sanjeevan Kumar Das (Marlin Aquatics, 1:12.01);
3. Kartikeyan Nair (Dolphin Aquatics, 1:12.09).

4x50m medley (group 3):
1. Sgtidm (2:04.05),
2. Dolphin Aquatics (2:09.37),
3. Sportiff Engages (2:22.95).

Girls

50m backstroke (group 3):
1. Palak Dhami (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 33.93);
2. Nina Venkatesh (Dolphin Aquatics, 34.56);
3. Anuska Nath (Huzurimall Lane Nebutala Kabad, 39.07).

50m breaststroke (group 4):
1. Shriya Ishwar (Orca, 39.60);
2. Pushya Sahajwani (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 43.88);
3. Datri Darshan (Dolphin Aquatics, 44.76).

100m freestyle (group 3):
1. Aastha Choudhury (Sgtidm, 1:06.34);
2. Uttara Gogoi (Sgtidm, 1:07.46);
3.  Mithika Karapurkar (Dolphin Aquatics, 1:07.51).

100m freestyle (group 4):
1. Anaya Punamiya (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 1:13.14);
2. Neha S. Viswanath (Young Challengers Swim Club, 1:16.04);
3. Devanshi Desai (Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, 1:16.22).

4x50m medley (group 3):
1. Dolphin Aquatics (2:22.38),
2. Sportiff Engages (2:40.56);
3. R.P.M. Dolphin (2:41.39).