Pronoy wins by over a lap, Aditi by 6 minutes in u-16 category.
Marathon Swimming
MUMBAI: Pronoy Adhikary of Mulund Swimming Pool and Aditi Dhumatkar emerged the fastest swimmers on the concluding day of the Open Marathon Swimming championship at the Khar Gymkhana, here on Sunday.
Pronoy timed 1:00:38.06, leaving behind Aasheesh Deshpande and Rahul Kakkad in the second and third places respectively. As Adhikary looked back after completing the 1000m mark, his nearest rival was over a lap behind in the 25m lap.
“It is great to be on the top but with a time which is best makes me feel much better,” said Adhikary after the race.
On the other hand, Dhumatkar found no match in the girls’ section. She finished with a time of 1:09:03.07. Six minutes later, Meghna Moses touched the finish line.
Nimay Ashar took the top honours in the boys’ under-14 section, while Vijayalaxmi Shanbhag won in the girls’ section.
If Nimay’s mother Madhavi Ashar is to be believed, the champion had swam 50 meters more. “He has overlapped the boys who finished second,” she said in anger. “He has won the race but the timings bothers me,” she added. However, the organisers stood their ground as they said that their lap officials were right. Protik Adhikary, who finished second, also endorsed the Ashars’ view. “He (Nimay) had overlapped me twice,” said Protik.
Results (5000m): Boys: U-14: Nimay Ashar 1:09:06.40, Protik Adhikary, Maninder Bhumra, Aditya Parampil, Sumit Man, Anmol Pardeshi U-16: Pronoy Adhikary 1:00:38.06, Aasheesh Deshpande, Rahul Kakkad, Anukul Shenoy, Aiken Pereira, Soham Shaligram Girls: U-14: Vijayalaxmi Shanbhag 1:10:07.29, Isha Khade, Shardula Gawankar, Nivedita Sharma, Shruti Khanna, Shruti Parikh
U-16: Aditi Dhumatkar 1:09:03.07, Meghna Moses, Pratiksha Marathe, Radhika K, Yesha Gala, Priyanka Toraskar Men: Shreyas Parkar 1:19:12.06, Shankar Jadhav, Manoj Balekar, Santosh Tupe, Anil Vasam, Mustafa Shaikh
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