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Asian medallist Srihari Nataraj broke his seven-year-old men’s 50m backstroke grounds connected his mode to clasp the rubric astatine the National aquatics championships successful Ahmedabad connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026).
The 25-year-old Srihari performed amended than his 2019 National people of 25.58 successful the greeting heats by clocking 25.21. In the evening session, helium recorded 25.32 successful the last to assertion the golden medal.
Saanvi Deshwal lowered the women’s 200m medley people with 2:19.15. She erased Hashika Ramachandra’s three-year-old grounds of 2:21.15.
Karnataka swimmers won the 4x100m freestyle mixed relay crown with a caller record.
The results (winners only):
Men: 50m freestyle: Jashua Thomas (TN) 23.24; 50m backstroke: Srihari Nataraj (Kar) 25.32; 100m breaststroke: Danush Suresh (TN) 1:02.19; 4x200m freestyle relay: Karnataka (Dharshan S., Akash Mani, Aneesh S. Gowda, Dhakshan S.) 7:38.71.
Women: 200m freestyle: Dhinidhi Desinghu (Kar) 2:03.07; 50m backstroke: Suvana C. Baskar (Kar) 29.85; 200m medley: Saanvi Deshwal (Mah) 2:19.15 (NMR, Old 2:21.15, Hashika Ramachandra, 2023); 4x100m freestyle mixed relay: Karnataka (Akash Mani, Aneesh S. Gowda, Nina Venkatesh, Tanishi Gupta) 3:37.68 (NMR, Old 3:41.18, Karnataka, 2025).
