Karnataka retains title at 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024
An eventful last day of the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024 ended with Karnataka being crowned champions again.
An eventful last day of the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024 ended with Karnataka being crowned champions again.
Patra, who is originally from Odisha but now trains and studies in Bengaluru, bagged the 200m butterfly gold with a timing of 2:06.94s, finishing over half a second ahead of Chandigarh University’s Harsh Saroha.
With the Asian Games less than 50 days away, Indian sports has been rocked by doping cases involving two Games-bound players -- a wushu player and a 14-year-old swimmer -- being caught by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and handed provisional suspension.
Rio Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungaria finished fifth in 4:35.98.
Rehan Poncha, the 30-year-old former Olympic swimmer and Arjuna Awardee has been an icon with a long list of wins…
