India continued their dominance winning seven more gold on the second day of the first South Asian Swimming and Water Polo Championship at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Swimming Pool here on Wednesday.
India had won four gold on the first day and has so far swept all but two gold medals of the 13 decided so far. India has also nine silver to its kitty.
Pooja Ragaave was the star of the second day winning two gold in 400M individual medley and 200 metres individual medley, clocking 5 minutes:27.14 seconds and 2:31.97 respectively.
In the 100 metres breaststroke, Fariha Zaman secured first position with a timing of 1:10.95 s, while compatriot Meghana Gupta came second with a timing of 1:13.84.
Then the Indian women quartet of Pooja Alva, Kshipra Mahajan, Fariha Zaman and Jessica Bole won gold in 400M medley relay, clocking 4:49.35 s. Indian men’s water polo team won the fifth gold outclassing hosts Pakistan 18-4 in the final.
Indian swimmers in under-14 section added two more gold with Poorva Shetye and Tazasha Satish winning 100M breaststroke and 50M freestyle.
Results:
Women:
400M Individual medley: Pooja Ragaave (Ind, 5:27.14 s) 1; Kiran Khan (Pak, 5:44.27) 2; Miniruwani S Samara (SL, 5:49.44) 3. 100M breaststroke: Fariha Zaman (Ind, 1:10.95 s) 1; Meghana Gupta (Ind, 1:13.84) 2; Kiran Khan (Pak, 1:15.04) 3; 200M Individual medley: Pooja Ragaave (Ind, 2:31.97 s) 1; Kiran Khan (Pak, 2:41.24) 2; Gulam Sakina (Pak, 2:45.17) 3. 4x100M Medley relay: India (4:49.35 s) 1; Sri Lanka (4:59.67) 2; Pakistan (5:13.41) 3.
50M butterfly: Kiran Khan (Pak, 30.35) 1; Fariha Zaman (Ind, 30.98) 2; S Miniruwani (SL, 32.17) 3; 100M breaststroke: Mineka Karunaratne (SL, 1:19.85 s) 1; Jessica Bole (Ind, 1:25.32) 2; Aqsa Tariq (Pak, 1:29.19) 3.
Girls: U-14:
100M breaststroke: Poorva Shetye (Ind, 1:23.46 s) 1; Venpa Murugaperuma (Ind, 1:23.99) 2; Shehani Dinali (SL, 1:25.07) 3. 50M freestyle: Tazasha Satish (Ind, 29.32 s) 1; Swati Sharma (Ind, 29.62) 2; Madhavee Weerathunga (SL, 30.16).
Waterpolo: Final: Men:
India bt Pakistan 18-4.
