79th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2026
Srihari Nataraj ne budhwar ko Ahmedabad mein chal rahi National Championships ke heats mein shandaar performance dete hue 50m backstroke event mein 2026 Commonwealth Games aur Asian Games ke liye qualification hasil kar liya. Unhone 25.21 second ka samay nikala aur heats mein sabse tez rahe. Is timing ke saath unhone Commonwealth Games ke liye 25.34 second aur Asian Games ke liye 25.39 second ke qualification mark ko aasani se paar kar liya.
Srihari, Sajan Prakash (200m Butterfly) ke baad doosre Bharatiya swimmer ban gaye hain jinhone dono aane wale multi-sport events ke liye individual qualification standard hasil kiya hai.
Halaanki, woh apne 2021 ke personal best 25.18 second se sirf 0.03 second pichhe reh gaye. Unhone apni behtareen form ko jaari rakhte hue final mein bhi gold medal jeeta aur 25.32 second ka samay darj kiya.
Dusri taraf, Saanvi Deshwal ne women’s 200m Individual Medley mein Best Indian Time banate hue gold medal apne naam kiya. Unhone 2 minute 19.15 second ka samay nikala aur Tanishi Gupta (2:20.61) ko pichhe chhod diya. Saanvi ne 2023 National Championships mein Hashika Ramachandra ke 2:21.15 ke pichhle record ko lagbhag do second se behtar kar diya.
Wahin yuva swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu ne bhi apne individual campaign ki shuruaat shandaar andaaz mein ki. Unhone women’s 200m freestyle heats mein 2:03.72 ka samay nikal kar sabse tez timing darj ki. Final mein unhone apna samay aur sudhaarte hue 2:03.07 clock kiya, lekin apne hi national record 2:02.84 ko tod nahi saki.
Is event mein Asian Games qualification mark 2:00.76 second nirdharit kiya gaya tha.
Top 8 Qualifiers – Men’s 50m Backstroke (Prelims)
- Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) – 25.21 (New National Record)
- Vinayak Vijay (SSCB) – 25.81
- Rishabh Anupam Das (Maharashtra) – 25.86
- Akash Mani (Karnataka) – 26.26
- Kanish Chakraborty (Bengal) – 26.43
- Utkarsh Santosh Patil (SSCB) – 26.66
- MJ Praveen Kumar (Tamil Nadu) – 26.77
- Suhas Preetham Mylari (Telangana) – 27.44
Men’s 50m Backstroke Final Results
- Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) – 25.32
- Rishabh Anupam Das (Maharashtra) – 25.69
- Vinayak Vijay (SSCB) – 26.14
- Kanish Chakraborty (Bengal) – 26.20
- Akash Mani (Karnataka) – 26.28
- Utkarsh Santosh Patil (SSCB) – 26.59
- MJ Praveen Kumar (Tamil Nadu) – 26.68
- Suhas Preetham Mylari (Telangana) – 27.13
79th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2026 – Complete Results
