National Games | Dhinidhi dazzles in breaking the women’s 200m freestyle meet record

Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu sets new record with three golds at National Games swimming competition.

Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu broke the women’s 200m freestyle meet record on the opening day of the National Games swimming competition here on Wednesday.

The 15-year-old from Karnataka finished the day with three golds, including one in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

Meanwhile, Srihari Nataraj defeated fellow-Olympian Sajan Prakash to take the men’s 200m freestyle gold, while the latter took the bronze.

Sajan, who was returning after a six-month break following the Olympics, finished with another bronze in the 100m butterfly, where Tamil Nadu’s Benediction Rohit won the gold.

The results (finals): Men: 200m free: 1. Srihari Nataraj (Kar) 1:50.57s, 2. Aneesh Gowda (Kar) 1:52.42, 3. Sajan Prakash (Ker) 1:53.73. 100m butterfly: 1. Benediction Rohit (TN) 53.89s, 2. Mihir Ambre (Mah) 54.24, 3. Sajan Prakash (Ker) 54.52. 4x100m freestyle relay: 1. Karnataka (Akash Mani, Chinatan Shetty, Aneesh Gowda, Srihari Nataraj) 3:26.26s, 2. Tamil Nadu (3:29.92), 3. Gujarat (3:32.23).

Women: 200m free: 1. Dhinidhi Desinghu (Kar) 2:03.24s MR, OR 2:07.08; 2. Bhavya Sachdeva (Del) 2:08.68, 3. Aditi Satish Hegde (Mah) 2:09.74. 100m butterfly: 1. Dhinidhi Desinghu (Kar) 1:03.62s, 2. Naisha Shetty (Kar) 1:04.81, 3. Shristi Upadhaya (Odi) 1:05.20. 4x100m freestyle: 1. Karnataka (Nina Venkatesh, Shalini Dixit, Latiesha Mandana, Dhini Desinghu) 4:01.58s, 2. Maharashtra (4:02.17), 3. Tamil Nadu (4:08.81).