After a golden double, Chandigarh swimmer Chahat Arora sets her eyes on Asian Games

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 29

City swimmer Chahat Arora bagged her second gold medal in the ongoing 74th Senior National Swimming Championships at Bengaluru today.

I haven’t trained as much as other swimmers, but I let my experience work for me. I want to thank my parents for the unconditional support they have provided me through my difficult times and my coaches for motivating me. Now I am preparing for the 2022 Asian Games and will give it my best. — Chahat Arora, Swimmer

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After winning a gold medal in the 50m breaststroke event, Chahat clocked 1:17.01s to top the podium in the 100m breaststroke competition.

“I am happy with my performance. I was confident of winning medals since Day 1. After creating meet record in heats (33.62s), I won the medal in the 50m breaststroke finals by clocking 33.82s. Today, I have bagged my second gold medal. It has been a satisfactory performance so far,” said Chahat, who practises at Panjab University Swimming Centre in Sector 23 and at Mohali Swimming Pool.

Earlier in April, Chahat had won two gold medals in the Uzbekistan Open Summer Swimming Championship in Tashkent.

Last year, while she was stuck in Thailand, she had won 100m breaststroke event in the Arena Thailand Swimming Championship.

She remained the top Indian performer by winning the event in 1:14.42s. She bettered the previous record of 1:14.46s by any Indian in the championship to set a new meet record.

“I haven’t trained as much as other swimmers, but I let my experience work for me. I want to thank my parents for the unconditional support they have provided me through my difficult times and my coaches for motivating me. Now I am preparing for the 2022 Asian Games and will give it my best,” said Chahat.

Balraj Sharma, general secretary, Punjab Swimming Association, congratulated Chahat on her impressive show in Bengaluru.