Indian men swimmers bag 10 more gold medals

Lahore, Sep 8: Indian men swimmers added ten more gold medals to their kitty on the second day of men's events to make it a total of 19 golds in the inaugural South Asian Swimming and Water Polo Championship 2007 at Pakistan Sports Complex here.

In the 400 meter individual medley open category, India's Agnishwar Jayaparkash won the gold medal with 4 minutes and 48 seconds completion while compatriot Aditya Sangverkar finished the distance in 4 minutes and 51.67 seconds to win silver. The bronze medal was won by Pakistan's Adil Baig with 5 minutes and 11.46 seconds finish.

In the 200 meter individual medley age group category, India's Gopinath Kayal crossed the distance in 2 minutes and 26.83 seconds while Sri Lanka's Rajitha Pathum, 2 minutes and 35.34 seconds, took silver and India's Swarup Mondal won the bronze by finishing the distance in 2 minutes and 36.14 seconds.

In 100 meter breaststroke open category, India's Agnishwar Jayaparkash added another gold with 1 minute and 07.73 seconds completion. The silver was won by Abdul Aziz from Pakistan, 1 minute and 10.25 seconds while Sri Lanka's M A Chanaka got the bronze medal in 1 minute and 12.03 seconds.

After the above performances yesterday, India tops the medals tally with 19 gold, 10 silver and 5 bronze medals followed by Sri Lanka having won 2 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals, while hosts Pakistan occupies the third position with 4 silver and 8 bronze medals.

Results: 400 IM (Open): Agnishwar Jayaparkash (India), Aditya Sangverkar (India), Adil Baig (Pakistan) 200m IM (age Group): Gopinath Kayal (India), Rajitha Pathum (Sri Lanka), Swarup Mondal (India) 400m Freestyle (Open): Aaron De Souza (India), Ashwim Menon (India), Yahan Chanidu (Sri Lanka) 100m Breaststroke (age group): Akash Rohith (India), Praneeth (Sri Lanka), Karan Singh (India) 50m Freestyle (Open): Heshan Bandara (Sri Lanka), Praven Toksa (India), K V Samantha (Sri Lanka) 100m Freestyle (age group): Jaydeep Rane (India), Isaac Julian (Sri Lanka), Karan Singh (India) 100m Breaststroke (Open): Agnishwar Jayaparkash (India), Abdul Aziz (Pakistan), M A Chanaka (Sri Lanka) 100m Backstroke (Age group): Gopinath Kayal (India), Moid Mustafa (Pakistan), Turbu Valiya (India) 4x100m Freestyle really (Open) India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

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