Sanjay, Mathews and Kimiko win 5 Gold each
View(s):Indian swimmers sweep the board at South Asian Aquatic Championship
By Susil Premalal
Kimiko Raheem who won six Gold medals in action. Pic by M.D. Nissanka
India with a massive haul of 121 Gold, 77 Silver and 18 Bronze – totaling 216 Medals won the overall championship at the South Asian Aquatic Championship 2016 which concluded at the Colombo Sugathadasa Swimming Pool yesterday.
Six South Asian countries took part in the four day event except for Afghanistan and Bhutan. Champions India was represented by 53 swimmers who took part in 191 events.
Hosts Sri Lanka was the runners-up winning 28 Gold, 66 Silver and 95 Bronze medals, totaling 189 medals. Sri Lanka was represented by 87 swimmers and participated in 226 events.
Overall winners India with team officials receiving
the championship trophy – Pix by Indika Handuwala
Bangladesh was in third position with two Gold, 2 Silver and 5 Bronze medals, making a tally of nine medals.
Sri Lanka’s leading swimmer Mathew Abeysinghe took part in 18 and over men’s individual events pocketing 5 medals and one medal in the Relay event.
Kimiko Raheem won 5 Gold in individual events and 3 Gold in the Relays. Sri Lanka’s Kyle Abeysinghe, brother of Mathew Abeysinghe, won 4 individual Gold and one Silver.
Mathew Abeysinghe won Gold in the following events: 100 Meters Butterfly, 200 Meters Freestyle, 200 Meters LC Meters IM, 100 Meters Freestyle, 50 Meters Freestyle.
Kimiko Raheem won the 200 Meters Freestyle, 100 Meters Freestyle, 200 Meters Backstroke, 50 Meters Freestyle and 100 Meters Backstroke.
Kyle Abeysinghe was placed first in the 200 Meters Freestyle, 200 LC Meters IM, 100 Meters Freestyle and 50 Meters Freestyle.
For India Sanjay Calpakam Jayakrishnan was the top swimmer in the Under15 age group winning Gold in 100 Meters Freestyle, 1500 Freestyle, 200 Meters Freestyle, 400 Meters Freestyle and 800 Meters Freestyle.
Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
India 121 77 18 216
Sri Lanka 28 66 95 189
Bangladesh 2 2 5 9
Pakistan 1 3 2 6
Maldives 0 2 15 17
Nepal 0 0 1 1
Individual Champions
DIVING
Group C – Girls
Esha Krishna Waghmode
(India – 2 Gold Medals)
Group C – Boys
Satish Kumar Prajapathi (India – 2 Gold & 1 Silver Medal)
Group B – Girls
Titiksha Marathe
(India – 2 Gold Medals)
Group B – Boys
Willson Singh Nignthoujam
(India – 2 Gold Medals & 1 Silver Medal)
Group A – Girls
Simran Rajani
(India – 2 Gold Medals)
Group A – Boys
Sandip Das
(India – 1 Gold Medal & 1 Silver Medal)
Suranjit Rajbansghi
(India – 1 Gold Medal & 1 Silver Medal)
Open – Women
Yashoda De Silva (India – 2 Gold Medals)
Open – Men
K Ramananda Sharma (India – 2 Gold Medals & 1 Silver)
Individual Rankings
Under-15 Women – Individual Scores
Kenisha Gupta (India, 4 Gold Medals)
Under-15 Men – Individual Score
Sanjay Calpakam Jaykrishnan (India, 5 Gold Medals)
Under-18 Women – Individual Score
Kimiko Raheem (Sri Lanka, 5 Gold Medals)
Under-18 Men – Individual Scores
Kyle Abeysinghe (Sri Lanka, 4 Golds & 1 Silver Medal)
18 & Over Women – Individual Scores
Jyotsna Rajendra Pansare (India, 4 Gold & 1 Silver Medal)
18 & Over Men – Individual Scores
Matthew Abeysinghe (Sri Lanka, 5 Gold Medals)