Indian swimmers[1] made a big splash at the 7th Asian age group swimming championship, clinching eight medals including three golds on the first day of the event at Jakarta.
Ace swimmer Veerdhaval Khade won gold in the 100m butterfly stroke while Sandeep Sejwal won the yellow metal in the 50m breast stroke. Khade, Aaron D Souza, Anshul Kothari and Rehan Poncha won gold in 4x100 free style relay.
Poncha, earlier in the day, grabbed a bronze in the 200m back stroke in boys open group.Meanwhile, Saurabh Sangvekar won a silver medal in 800m free style. He had earlier clinched a bronze in the 200m free style.
In the girls's section, Surabhi Tipre won the bronze in the 400m free style. Tipre bagged another bronze after she along with Talasha Prabhu, Kshipra Mahajan and Richa Mishra won the 4x100 free style relay.
Related Facts
[1]Mihir Sen was the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the English Channel in 14 hours and 45 minutes on 27th September, 1958. Mihir Sen also became the first man to swim across the Indian Ocean, the Palk Strait, the Strait of Bosphorus, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dardanelles. His name features in the Guiness Book of the World.
