Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 25 (ANI): India’s Rishabh Das signed off the swimming occasions on Day 6 of the Asian Games 2026 by setting a brand new nationwide report within the males’s 200m backstroke, clocking 1:58.77 to complete sixth within the ultimate on Friday.
The 19-year-old bettered his personal earlier better of 1:59.84, which he had set earlier this 12 months.
Rishabh had certified for the ultimate after ending fourth in his warmth, whereas compatriot Utkarsh Patil additionally made the ultimate after ending ninth general within the heats. Utkarsh ultimately completed seventh within the ultimate with a time of two:00.94, in keeping with ESPN.
Rishabh’s nationwide report was one of many highlights of India’s swimming marketing campaign on Day 6, although the nation didn’t add a medal from the pool.
Sajan Prakash, who certified for the boys’s 200m butterfly ultimate after ending third in his warmth, positioned seventh within the ultimate with a timing of 1:58.42.
Dhanush Suresh completed seventh in his warmth and twenty first general within the males’s 50m breaststroke, lacking out on the ultimate, whereas Aneesh Sunil and Dhakshan Shashikumar completed seventeenth and 18th respectively within the males’s 400m freestyle heats.
Elsewhere on the sixth day of competitors, India added a number of medals throughout disciplines.
Gulveer Singh gained silver within the males’s 10,000m, whereas Manpreet Kaur and Baranica Elangovan claimed bronze within the ladies’s shot put and pole vault respectively.
In taking pictures, Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh gained gold within the 10m air pistol blended crew occasion, whereas Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar secured silver within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions crew occasion.
Manush Shah and Diya Chitale additionally secured bronze in blended doubles desk tennis, whereas Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar assured India of one other medal in squash blended doubles.
India’s males’s and ladies’s kabaddi groups superior to the finals after beating Thailand and Nepal respectively, whereas the ladies’s hockey crew defeated Japan 3-1 in its Pool B match.
India completed Day 6 with 23 medals general, comprising two gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze, and stood twelfth within the standings. (ANI)