Rishabh Choubey from Goregaon Sports Club, set the pool on fire, by winning gold in the men’s 100m free style with record-breaking effort in the 47th YMCA Annual Swimming Gala at their swimming pool at Agripada here today. Rishabh, who had two records on the first day, by winning the 200m individual medley as well as 100m backstroke, thus ended with hat-trick of golds. He did win the 200m butterfly gold too, but could not improve upon the exiting mark.
Like on the first day, Rishsabh was off in a flash and triumphed in 0:58.19 secs. and in the process eclipsed the 2012 record of CCI’s Hormuz Baliwasla (00:59.e0 secs.
While Abir Seth, also from the another Goregaon Sports Club , sharing the day’s honours by setting new record (0:22.52 secs )in the , the25m boys under-6 butterfly stroke.
Nikita Rane ,from Ozone Swimming Pool, took the honours in the women’s 100m freestyle event, while Snehal Bhal dominated in the women’s 40-49 age group, by winning the 50m breaststroke gold in 0:48.32secs, thus improving upon the 2014 timing of 00:48.80secs set by Sukhjit Kaur.
Results of all the record- breaking events:
MEN:100-m Freestyle: 1. Rishabh Choubey (GSC) – 00:58.19secs (NMR); 2. Angad Bakshi (MSP) – 1:07.40; 3. Prathmesh Tope (MSP) -1:10.66 secs.
100m: Backstroke: :1 Rishabh Choubey (GSC) 1:09.56 secs (NMR) –(Old record- 2:33.72 secs); 2. Prathmesh Tope (MSP); 3. Angad Bakshi (MSP).
200m: Individual medley :1 Rishabh Choubey (GSC) 2:30.66 secs (NMR) –(Old record- 2:33.72 secs); 2. Prathmesh Tope (MSP); 3. Parth Hendre (CSMSS).
Boys U-6: 25m Butterfly: 1. Abir Seth (GSC) – 0:22.52 secs.(NMR)- (old record- 0:23.00secs.); 2. Durvesh Devrukhkar (CSMSS) ; 3.Pratyakshvir Parmar (CSMSS).
Women (40-49) :50m Breaststroke: Snehal Bhal (Ozone) – 48.32 secs (Old record- 00.48.80 secs).
Winners of the other events were:
Men:100m Butterfly: Rishabh Choubey (GSC)-1:06.52 secs.
Boys U-17: 100m: Free style:Ishaan Lalvani (Otters) – 1:02.124 secs. 100m Backstroke: Naval Makwana (YMCA) – 1:08.07 secs.
Girls U-17:100m Freestyle: Jispa Doshi (Matunga Gym)- 1:07.06 secs. 100m Backstroke: Jispa Doshi (Matunga Gym) – 1:15.47secs.
Boys U-14: freestyle: Vedant Mahadevan (GAF)- 0:57.25 secs.
Girls U-14: 100mFrteestyle: Diva Punjabi (Khar Gym)- 1:14.31 secs.
Boys U-12:100m : Breast stroke: Ethan Sequeira (CCI) – 1:32.32 secs. 100m Freestyle: Vivaan Thakur (Khar Gym)- 1:09.39 secs.
Girls U-12:100m: Breast stroke: Kshama Iyer (GAF) – 1:30.83 secs.