Haryana’s Avnita swims to glory

Haryana’s Avnita Verma clocked 2 minutes and 27.68 seconds (02.27.68s) to claim first position in the 200m freestyle event of the girls’ U-18 category during the Khelo India Junior Women’s Swimming Series 2024 at the Sports Complex in Sector 63...

Tribune News Service

Mohali, Updated At : 07:37 AM Sep 29, 2024 IST

Participants during a swimming championship in Mohali.

In the girls’ U-15 event, Lakshita Singh (02.26.88s), Harshita (02.36.38s) and Apurva Sharma (02.37.09s) claimed the top three positions, respectively.

In the 100m backstroke event of the girls’ U-18 category, Punjab’s Avni Chhabra (01.11.07s) and Arshpreet Kaur (01.13.34s) bagged the first and second spots, respectively. Ananya Chauhan (01.18.21s) claimed the third position. In the U-15 event, Delhi’s Seher Puri (01.21.74s), Isha Panwar (01.26.02s) and Khushi Puri (01.26.50s) bagged top three positions, respectively.

Arshpreet Kaur (01.10.10s) won the girls’ 100m butterfly event in the U-18 category, followed by Mohini (01.22.37s) and Bhagyavrdhka Verma (01.31.49s).

In the girls’ U-15 event, Lakshita Singh (01.13.69s), Apurva Sharma (01.16.07s) and Pranjal (01.20.28s) won top three spots.

In the 200m breaststroke U-18 event, Avni Chhabra (03.05.10s) won the pole position, followed by Ekambir Kaur Sandhu (03.07.62s) and Trishna Abhay Waghmare (03.19.06s). In the U-15 category, Shivanshi (03.18.58s), Anushka Sharma (03.24.17s) and Sidhi Joshi (03.25.00s) bagged the honours.

In the 200m individual medley (U-18) event, Arshpreet Kaur (02.39.03s), Vanshika (02.54.30s) and Ekambir (02.55.00s) won top three positions, while in the U-15 category, Apurva Sharma (02.58.50s), Harshika Julka (03.00.55s) and Seher Puri (03.02.05s) bagged the honours.