Indian Swimmers won 8 Gold on the First Day of 7th Asian Age Group Swimming Championship

Indian swimmers won eight gold medals on the first day (10 October 2011) of the 7th Asian age group swimming championship at Jakarta Indonesia.

Olympian Sandeep Sejwal and Arjuna awardee Virdhaval Khade opened with a gold each in the 7th Asian Age Group Swimming Championship in Indonesia. Sejwal who had won a silver in the last edition of the championship, clinched the gold in 50m breaststroke with a timing of 28.36 secs. Khade swept 100m butterfly with a timing of 54.86. Khade later combined with Aaron D Souza, Anshul Kothari and Rehan Poncha to fetch another gold in 4x100 free style relay.

Karnataka’s Rehan Poncha won the bronze in the 200m backstroke with a timing of 02:07:76secs. Saurabh Sangvekar, too, bagged the bronze in the 200m freestyle boys group with 01:52:77 secs. Saurabh also won a silver medal in 800m free style, clocking 08.18.40.

Surabhi Tipre was the only Indian women with a podium finish. Tipre won a bronze in 400m Free Style with a timing of 04:26.07 secs. Tipre bagged another bronze after she along with Talasha Prabhu, Kshipra Mahajan and Richa Mishra won the 4x100 free style relay with a timing of 04.01:18.