Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): The final day of swimming and diving occasions on the eleventh Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 noticed China assert their dominance as soon as once more, sealing the general champion title with a staggering 49 medals (38 gold, eight silver, three bronze) on the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex on Wednesday.
For India, the ultimate day introduced 4 bronze medals via Bhavya Sachdeva, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and the Men’s relay crew. Their efforts within the Women’s 400m Freestyle, Men’s 200m Butterfly, Men’s 100m Backstroke, and Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay lifted India’s tally to 13 medals (4 silver, 9 bronze), marking the nation’s most profitable Asian marketing campaign so far, and inserting it in ninth place total.
Behind China, Japan secured second place with 18 medals (5 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze), whereas Hong Kong rounded out the highest three with 14 (three gold, 4 silver, seven bronze).
In the Women’s 400m Freestyle, Bhavya Sachdeva started from the third lane whereas Aditi Satish Hegde from the 2nd. Japan’s Tanimoto Haruno (4:16.39) pulled forward proper from the primary 50m whereas Bhavya battled with the trailing group to emerge marginally forward after 150m. Vietnam’s Kha Nhi Nguyen (4:25.50) adopted Bhavya intently until the final lap and overtook Bhavya to say the silver medal, and Bhavya (4:26.89) needed to accept bronze, the primary medal for India within the ladies’s class.
Sajan Prakash within the Men’s 200m Butterfly, started from lane three and after a gradual first 50m, pulled the set off to edge forward of Chinese Taipei’s Kuan Hung Wang (1:56.63) and Japan’s Ryo Kuratsuka, however the duo swam sooner within the final lap, pushing Sajan again to 3rd place with a time of 1:57.90.
In the Men’s 100m Backstroke, Srihari Natraj started from lane 4 and turned third on the 50m mark, simply forward of teammate Rishabh Das in lane 5. China’s Gukailai Wang (54.27) and Chinese Taipei’s Lu Lun Chuang (54.45) maintained a slim lead via to the end, leaving Srihari to take bronze in 55.23, whereas Rishabh adopted shut behind in fourth.
The Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay capped off the night with an exciting contest. Thomas Durai gave India a gentle begin, handing over in third place earlier than Akash Mani surged via the second leg to maneuver up into second behind China.
Rohit B Benedicton battled exhausting on the third lap however was edged into third by Chinese Taipei’s Mu Lun Chuang. Anchoring the ultimate stretch, Srihari Natraj pushed furiously to reclaim second, however China (3:20.24) and Chinese Taipei (3:20.59) held their floor, leaving India to clinch bronze with a time of three:21.49 in a nail-biting end. (ANI)