Dhinidhi adds to Karnataka’s gold rush

BHUBANESWAR: Karnataka's Dhinidhi Desinghu clocked 1:04.01 seconds to create a new national record in the 100m butterfly for group II girls in 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships here on Monday.
It was a closely-fought race as the youngster from Bengaluru narrowly beat state-mate Hashika Ramachandra, who incidentally held the previous national record created last year.
Hashika too swam within the previous record time of 1:05.51 seconds by clocking 1:04.10 seconds. Assam's Subhranshini Priyadarshini took home the bronze medal with a time of 1:07.02 at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool inside Kalinga Stadium.
Haryana's Krish Jain swam a sensational sprint in the 50m backstroke event for group II boys to sink his own national record of 28.31 seconds created in the heats.
He clocked 28.06 to win the gold and beat Telangana's Suhas Preetham M (28.51) and Karnataka's Ishaan Mehra (28.90).