Pune: Pune youngster Aratrika Biswas swam to complete a treble of gold medals as she added 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke titles to her 100m freestyle gold medal won on the first day, while Shalmali Walunjkar continued to impressive form by winning second gold medal when she coasted to the touchpad in 800m freestyle to add to her 1500m title won on Saturday, in the Maharashtra State Junior and Sub-Junior swimming championship at the Balewadi Sports Complex swimming pool here on Sunday.
Aratrika first won the 100 metre breaststroke event, timing the distance in 1 minute 27.21 seconds to beat Rujala Kulkarni of Nashik and Sanika Navare of Mumbai in the Girls Under-11 age group.
This was her second gold medal of the championship before she took the pool again for the 50m
freestyle event.
The Pune swimmer was home in 31.13 seconds for her third gold medal in beating Mumbai’s Aarushi Sharma (32.32s) and Rasika Nadar of Thane.
In the Girls Under-17 category, Shalmali Walunjkar needed 10 minutes 30.21 seconds to complete the 16 lap race. She defeated Himani Phadke who hails of Nagpur, while Ananya Pandey ended third and settled for the bronze medal.
Earlier, Shalmali (5;11.10) also won a silver medal in the 400m freestyle, wherein Himani won the gold in 5 minutes 04.50 seconds. Ananya was third in 5:18.13.
Results:
Boys Under-17:
400m freestyle: 1. Yash Patki (Mumbai) 4:23.33; 2. Shubham Dhaygude (Pune) 4:23.86; 3. Dev Ambokar (Mumbai) 4:29.42.
Boys Under-11:
50m freestyle: 1. Parth Jain (Mumbai) 31,13s; 2. Shaswat Bhome (Pune) 31.41; 3. Krish Shah 33.14.
Boys Under-10:
200m Individual Medley: 1. Archit Morvekar (Mumbai) 2:58.01; 2. Idhant Chaturvedi (Thane) 2:59.44; 3 Samyak Ramchandra (Pune) 3:00.73.
Girls Under-17:
50m freestyle: 1. Kenisha Gupta (Mumbai) 27.06s; 2. Nandini Pethkar (Pune) 28.07; 3. Avani Hayatnagarkar (Pune) 29.76.
400m freestyle: 1. Himani Phadke (Nagpur) 5:04.50; 2. Shalmali Walunjkar (Pune) 5:11.10; 3. Ananya Pandey (Mumbai) 5:18.13.
800m freestyle: 1. Shalmali Walunjkar (Pune) 10:30.21; 2. Himani Phadke (Nagpur) 10:40.60; 3. Ananya Pandey (Mumbai) 10:46.53.
50m breaststroke: 1. Kareena Shankta (Mumbai) 35.32s; 2. Vaishanavi More 37.49; 3. Siya Bijlani (Mumbai) 37.62.
200m butterfly: 1. Maitrayani Bhosale (Mumbai) 2:42.72; 2. Sneh Goyal 2:47.21; 3. Riya Taori (Pune) 2:49.38.
Girls Under-14:
100m backstroke: 1. Palak Dhami (Mumbai) 1:09.95; 2. Rutuja Nadgowda (Pune) 1:16.15; 3. Aabha Mirashi (Thane) 1:16.62.
Girls Under-11:
50m freestyle: 1. Aratrika Biswas (Pune) 31.13s; 2. Aarushi Sharma (Mumbai) 32.32; 3. Rasika Nadar (Thane) 32.73.
100m breaststroke: 1. Aratrika Biswas (Pune) 1:27.21; 2. Rujala Kulkarni (Nashik) 1:28.73; 3. Sanika Navare (Mumbai) 1:30.57.