– Maharashtra’s register golden hat-trick in swimming*
– A total of six medals earned*
Panaji :- Maharashtra’s Olympian Veerdhawal Khade and his wife Rijuta did a remarkable job winning the title of fastest swimmer in the men’s and women’s categories respectively. Mihir Ambre bagged another medal in the 50m freestyle event with a bronze medal. Maharashtra’s Palak Joshi overcame illness to win the gold medal in the 200m backstroke while Rishabh Das bagged the silver medal in the event.Similarly, Tushar Geeta won a bronze medal in platform diving. Maharashtra bagged a total of six medals in aquatics at the National Games on Tuesday, including three gold, one silver and two silver.
Virdhawal won the gold medal in the 50 meters freestyle race in a record time of 22.82 seconds. He broke his own event record of 23 seconds in 2015 here. His colleague Mihir recorded a time of 22.99 seconds while winning the bronze medal in the same race.
Veerdhawal’s race was followed by his wife Rijuta who clocked 22.42 seconds in the 50m freestyle to claim the title of fastest swimmer. In winning the event, she broke the event record of 26.53 seconds set by Avantika Chavan in Rajkot last year.
Rishabh Das won the silver medal in the 200 meters backstroke race. He covered this distance in two minutes 4.80 seconds.
*Palak’s golden performance overcoming illness*
The success achieved by Palak Joshi of Maharashtra is very commendable. She won the gold medal in the 200m backstroke race in two minutes and 22.12 seconds. Today, she reached the final round with the eighth rank from the preliminary round. But with the strength of her stubbornness, she took the lead in the last 100 meters and pulled off a golden success.Two days ago, she had to be treated in the hospital due to food poisoning. This morning she took part in the qualifying round and secured her place in the final with an eighth place finish.
*Bronze Medal to Tushar Geetha in Platform Diving*
Tushar Geeta, representing Maharashtra, gave a grand opening to the National Games by winning a bronze medal in platform diving. This is his first medal in this competition. He scored 249.90 marks. He is a player from Mumbai and has performed brilliantly in many competitions for the Railway team till date.
*Maharashtra wins in both groups of water polo*
Teams from Maharashtra maintained their lead in water polo with one sided victories in both men’s and women’s categories. In the men’s group, Maharashtra defeated Manipur 28-3. This was Maharashtra’s first match. In the women’s group, Maharashtra defeated Assam 25-1. This is Maharashtra’s second win in a row. Yesterday he had blown away the Manipur team.
