Spirited Snehal Bhal from Ozone Swimming Pool, improved her own last year’s 50m freestyle timing (00:48.32 secs) by clocking 00:35.42 secs. to win gold in the women’s 40 plus category on a day when seniors were on view in the Bombay YMCA Annual Swim gala, held at YMCA Swimming Pool at Agripada, here. In fact, Snehal also won gold in the 50m breast stroke event.
Sharing Snehal’s double gold strike, were Himanta Barbara (MLWB), who topped in the plus 30 category, winning the 50m freestyle and 50m breast stroke events, and Rita Pinto from hosts YMCA, winner of gold in the 50m freestyle and 50m breast stroke in the women’s 50 plus.
In the men’s section, Ozone’s Rupesh Palve won gold in the 50m free style and 50m breast stroke, while Rjesh Negandhi from P.M.Hindu Bath emerged best in the men’s plus 50 catgegory.
Winners in various categories were:
WOMEN: (30-39): 50m Freestyle: Himanta Barbara (MLWB) – 001:47.33 secs. 50 m Breast stroke: Himanta Barbara (MLWB) – 01:00.42 secs.
(40-49): 50m Free style: Snehal Bhal (Ozone) 00:48.32 secs (NMR)- Old record – 00:35.42 secs. 50 m Breast stroke: Snehal Bhal (Ozone) 00:48.32 sec s (EMR).
(50 & above): 50 m Free style: Rita Pinto (Bombay YMCA)- 01:15.57 secs. 50 m Breast stroke: Rita Pinto (Bombay YMCA)- 01:48.59 secs.
MEN: (30-39): 50 m Freestyle: Rupesh Palve (Ozone) – 00:41.49 secs. 50m Breast stroke: Rupesh Palve (Ozone) – 00:41.49 secs. (40-49):
50m Free style: Manoj Balekar (Bombay YMCA) – 00:31.92 secs. 50m
Breast stroke: Deepak Thakur (Karnala SA (Panvel): – 00:42.64 secs.
(50 & above): Free Style: Rajesh Negandhi (PMHB) – 00:35.40 secs. 50 m
Breast stroke: Rajesh Negandhi (PMHB) – 01:18.80 secs.