Individual champion

Senior National Aquatic Championships: An eventful last day of the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024 ended with Karnataka being crowned champions again. They earned 17 Gold medals, 12 Silver medals and four Bronze medals to clinch the title. Maharashtra was the overall Runner-up with 6 Gold medals, 4 Silver Medals, and 4 Bronze medals.

Aneesh S Gowda, from Karnataka, was named the Individual Champion from the Men’s category with four Gold medals and Hashika Ramachandra, also from Karnataka, claimed the top spot among Women with three Golds and one Silver medal.

The icing on the cake for Karnataka was the creation of a new record in the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle. Prithvi M, Kartikeyan Nair, Akash Mani, and Srihari Nataraj combined to post 3:28.09 and better Karnataka’s own record of 3:28.16 from 2023. Unni krishnan s, Vikkas Prabhakar, Vinayak Vijay, and Anand As from Services Sports Control Board finished second with 3:28.93.