CHANDIGARH, JULY 31:Karan Bhai claimed golden double by winning the 50 metres breaststroke and 50 metres butterfly for boys Under-17 in the Administrator’s Cup Swimming competitions organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Government College of Yoga and Health all-weather swimming pool in Sector 23 here today.
In a close race in the 50 metres breaststroke for boys Under-17, Karan Bhai overcame a stiff resistance from silver medal winner Angad Singh. Karan clocked 33.40 seconds while Angad timed 33.69.
These swimmers also repeated their performance in the 50 metres butterfly. Karan Bhai covered the distance in 29.01 seconds while Angad had to remain himself satisfied with silver in 29.31 seconds.
In the 50 metres backstroke in open boys category, Yadwinder got the first position in 34.14 seconds while Varush Sharma was second in 33:69 seconds.
Harsimran Kaur finished quite ahead of second placed Arasheep Kaur in the 100 metres freestyle for girls under-17. Harsimran clocked 1:11.62 while Arashdeep touched the finishing line in 1:17.27. Himanshi Bakshi was third in 1:21.09.
MP Singh, Secretary to Punjab Governor, distributed the prizes. Cash prizes were given to the first three position holders in each event.
100m freestyle boys U-10: 1 Kunwar Saini 1:31.26; 2 Vipul Narang 2:02.55; 3 Abhirhira Nandani
2:10.32. Girls: 1 Mehakdeep 2:18.53; 2 Ambardar Bhavya 2:19.24; 3 Arshita Aggarwal 2:22.32.
100m freestyle boys U-12: 1 Amandeep Singh 1:12.14; 2 Chandan 1:4 0.18; 3 Aks Gupta 1:44.76.
Girls: 1 Chahat Arora 1:19.18; 2 Sahib Preet Kaur 1:38.67; 3 Aakriti 1:50.56.
100m freestyle boys U-14: 1 Mayank Jagwani 1:16.46; 2 Kshitij 1:21.33; 3 Mridul Punia 1:27.18.
Girls: 1 Garima Rawat 1:24.99; 2 Kanika Sharma 1:27.73; 3 Shaira Bedi 1:28.76.
50m backstroke boys U-17: 1 Angad Singh 34.61; 2 Jasminder Singh 39.44; 3 Abhay Kanwar 40.11.
Girls: 1 Himanshi 39.67; 2 Arshdeep Kaur 42.17; 3 Aanchal Guglani 45.98.
50m backstroke boys U-14: 1 Arshdeep Singh 45.18; 2 Mayank jagwani 45.45; 3 Adeel Ur Rehman
53.49. Girls: 1 Kanika Sharma 1:44.39; 2 Shaira Bedi 45.04; 3 Garima Rawat 47.08.
50m backstroke boys U-12: 1 Ravinder Arya 44.51; 2 Tejinder Singh 49.96; 3 Raja Pridhu Sharma
57.89. Girls: 1 Aakriti 56.96; 2 Eesha Sharma 58.66; 3 Sahib Preet Kaur 1:05.03.
50m butterfly open boys: 1 Abhimanyu Tiwari 28.09; 2 Yadwinder Rawat 29.53; 3 Udhay Grewal
31.29.
50m breaststroke boys U-14: 1 Sahib Rana 39.65: 2 Shubham Vig 54.73; 3 Rakhshil Gupta
1:00.68. Girls: 1 Mihika Singh 41.12; 2 Anmol Kaur 45.32; 3 Nutan 47.35.
100m breaststroke boys U-12: 1 Maninder Singh 1:47.42; 2 Tejinder Bains 1:52.02.
50m backstroke boys open: 1 Yadvinder Bawa 34.14; Varun Sharma 33.69; 3 Jatinder Singh 53.89.
50m breaststroke boys U-17: 1 Karan Bhai 33.40; 2 Angad Singh 33.69; 3 Parminder Singh 36.54. Girls: Nikhat Pannu 39.68; 2 Arshdeep 44.06; 3 Kriti Malhotra 46.38.
50m butterfly boys u-17: 1 Karan Bhai 29.01; 2 Angad Singh 29.31; 3 Karan Sharma 37.74.
100m freestyle girls U-17: 1 Harsimran Kaur 1:11.62; 2 Arashdeep Kaur 1:17.27; 3 Himanshi Bakshi 1:21.09.