India wrap up swimming and diving occasions with 13 medals

Srihari Nataraj, Bhavya Sachdeva, Sajan Prakash and the lads’s relay staff received bronze of their respective occasions on the Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 within the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

It was the final day of the swimming and diving occasions on the eleventh Asian Aquatics Championships 2025.

The 4 medals on Wednesday noticed India’s tally swell to 13 medals – 4 silver and 9 bronze – marking the nation’s most profitable Asian marketing campaign to this point at ninth place total.

For India, the ultimate day introduced 4 bronze medals by Bhavya Sachdeva, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and the Men’s relay staff.

In the ladies’s 400m freestyle, Bhavya Sachdeva started from the third lane whereas Aditi Satish Hegde began from the second.

Japan’s Tanimoto Haruno (4:16.39) pulled forward proper from the primary 50m whereas Bhavya battled with the trailing group to emerge marginally forward after 150m.

Vietnam’s Kha Nhi Nguyen (4:25.50) adopted Bhavya intently until the final lap and overlook Indian to assert the silver medal,

Bhavya (4:26.89) needed to settle with bronze – the primary medal for India within the girls’s class

Sajan Prakash within the males’s 200m Butterfly started from lane 3 and after a gradual first 50m, pulled the set off to edge forward of Chinese Taipei’s Kuan Hung Wang (1:56.63) and Japan’s Ryo Kuratsuka.

However, the trailing duo swam quicker within the final lap, pushing Sajan again to 3rd place with a time of 1:57.90.

In the lads’s 100m backstroke, Srihari Natraj started from lane 4 and turned third on the 50m mark, simply forward of teammate Rishabh Das in lane 5.

People’s Republic of China’s Gukailai Wang (54.27) and Chinese Taipei’s Lu Lun Chuang (54.45) maintained a slim lead by to the end, leaving Srihari to take bronze in 55.23, whereas Rishabh adopted shut behind in fourth.

The males’s 4x100m freestyle relay capped off the night with an exciting contest. Thomas Durai gave India a gentle begin, handing over in third place earlier than Akash Mani surged by the second leg to maneuver up into second behind China.

Rohit Benedicton battled onerous on the third lap however was edged into third by Chinese Taipei’s Mu Lun Chuang. Anchoring the ultimate stretch, Srihari Natraj pushed furiously to reclaim second, however China (3:20.24) and Chinese Taipei (3:20.59) held their floor, leaving India to clinch bronze with a time of three:21.49 in a nail-biting end.

The eleventh Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 will proceed with creative swimming and water polo occasions from Saturday.