38th National Games
Haldwani, Feb 1: Teenage sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu continued her exploits on the pool with her fifth gold as Karnataka continued their domination in swimming with two more top podium finishes at the 38th National Games here on Saturday.
The 14-year-old Desinghu anchored Karnataka to gold in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay, clocking 8 minute 54.87 seconds. The other three members of the Karnataka team are Shirin, Shalini R Dixit and Meenakshi Menon.
Gujarat (7:49.71) and Maharashtra (7:55.62) won the silver and bronze respectively.
Earlier this week, Dhinidhi had won gold in the women’s 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4x100m freestyle relay and 50m freestyle events.
Paris Olympian Srihari Nataraj then anchored Karnataka to the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay gold, with the team clocking 7:45.82. Dhakshan S, Shoan Ganguly and Aneesh S Gowda were the other members.
Karnataka’s other gold medal was won by Vidith S Shankar in men’s 50m breaststroke. (PTI)
