Indian swimmer Chahat Arora clinched a gold medal in the women’s 50m breaststroke event at the Thailand Age Group Championship.
The Chandigarh swimmer, who won two gold medals at the nationals last year, won the yellow metal after equalling her own previous best Indian time of 33.62 seconds in Samut Prakan, Thailand.
Junior swimmers Vritti and Nina shine in SA Nationals
The country’s junior swimmers continued to make a splash in South Africa.
Vritti Agarwal and Nina Venkatesh won a silver and bronze medal respectively in the South Africa National Championships.
Vritti clocked a personal best time of 18:06.40 to grab the silver in the junior girl’s 1500m 15-16 years freestyle event.
Nina won the bronze in the 50m butterfly finals with an effort of 29.03 in Port Elizabeth.
The two are a part of the 16-member Indian junior team participating at the South Africa nationals.
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