Bavya sachdeva

Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik: Karnataka retained the overall championship title with a total of 119 medals including 50 gold, 47 silver and 27 bronze medals while Maharashtra finished overall second with a total of 54 medals (11 gold, 24 silver, 19 bronze) and Tamil Nadu ended their campaign with a total of 37 medals (10 gold, 9 silver, 18 bronze) at the 39th Sub Junior and 49th Junior National Aquatic Championship 2023 held in the swanky new Aquatic Centre at the Kalinga Sports Complex.

The final day’s proceedings saw incredible performances with four new national records being created. Palak Joshi of Maharashtra created a new national record in 200m backstroke for group I girls with a time of 2:21.38, pushing top contender Ridhima Veerendra Kumar of Karnataka to second place. While Ridhima clocked 2:22.51, Palak’s gold medal-fetching swim also eclipsed Maana Patel’s record of 2:21.41 set in the year 2015.