Rujula S. Breaks National Record In 50m Freestyle At National Championships

Last Updated:June 25, 2025, 13:18 IST

Rujula S. set a new national meet record in the 50m Women's Freestyle at the 78th National Aquatics Championships. Bhavya Sachdeva and Tamil Nadu's relay team also set new records.

The 78th National Aquatic Championships. (Credits: NAC)

Rujula S. from Karnataka set a new national meet record and achieved the Best Indian Performance in the 50m Women’s Freestyle with a time of 26.36 seconds, surpassing Shikha Tandon’s long-standing record at the 78th National Aquatics Championships held at the Aquatic Centre, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday.

While Rujula broke the previous record with her 26.36-second finish, Avantika Sudhir Chavan of the Railways Sports Promotion Board claimed second place with a time of 26.58 seconds, and Karnataka’s emerging talent Dhinidhi Desinghu secured third place in 26.69 seconds.

In other notable events of the day, Olympian Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat, and Aneesh Gowda delivered thrilling performances in the last 50m of the 400m Men’s Freestyle. Aryan Nehra clinched the gold medal, followed closely by Kushagra Rawat, while Aneesh Gowda earned the bronze.

Bhavya Sachdeva from Delhi clocked 17:35.07 in the Women’s 1500m Freestyle, winning the gold and setting a new National Meet record. Shristi Upadhyaya secured her second individual medal for Odisha by winning the bronze.

Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash comfortably won their respective events, while Tamil Nadu established a new meet record in the men’s 4 x 100 medley relay.

Key results:

Women’s 1500m Freestyle: Bhavya Sachdeva, DELHI, 17:35.07 NMR; Vritti Agarwal, TELANGANA, 17:41.36; Thanya Shadakshari, KARNATAKA, 17:41.4.

Men’s 400m Freestyle: Aryan Nehra, GUJARAT, 3:55.96; Kushagra Rawat, DELHI, 3:56.84; Aneesh S Gowda, KARNATAKA, 3:57.17.

Women’s 200m Butterfly: Astha Choudhury, RSPB, 2:20.63; Roshini Balasubramanian, TAMIL NADU, 2:20.77; Shristi Upadhaya, ODISHA, 2:23.11.

Men’s 200m Butterfly: Sajan Prakash, POLICE, 1:58.98; Bikram Changmai, RSPB, 2:02.13; Dharshan S, KARNATAKA, 2:03.11.

Women’s 50m Backstroke: Vihitha Nayana Loganathan, KARNATAKA, 29.99; Sanjana Manguesh Prabhugaonker, GOA, 30.68; Soubrity Mondal, BENGAL, 30.70.

Men’s 50m Backstroke: Srihari Nataraj, KARNATAKA, 25.70; Rishabh Anupam Das, MAHARASHTRA, 26.02; Akash Mani, KARNATAKA, 26.12.

Women’s 50m Freestyle: Rujula S, KARNATAKA, 26.36 NMR; Avantika Sudhir Chavan, RSPB, 26.58; Dhinidhi Desinghu, KARNATAKA, 26.69.

Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay: Tamil Nadu (Nithik Nathella, Danush Suresh, B. Benedicton Rohit, Adhithya Dinesh) 3:45.09 NMR; Karnataka (Utkarsh Santosh Patil, Manikanta L, Chinthan S Shetty, Tanish George Mathew) 3:48.16; Railways Sports Promotion Board (Devansh Maheshkumar Parmar, Anoop Augustine, Bikram Changmai, Sathya Sai Krishnan M) 3:49.60.

With IANS inputs.

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