Rujuta khade

Services Sports Control Board: Swimming power couple Virdhawal and Rujuta Khade of Maharashtra broke the Games Records on the way to being adjudged as the fastest swimmers of the 37th National Games being held here at the Campal Swimming Pool.

Virdhawal, the 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist, pipped Indian swimming's latest sensation Srihari Nataraj of Karnataka for the gold with a timing of 22.82s. Srihari stopped the clock at 22.91s for the silver while Maharashtra’s Mihir Ambre took the bronze with a time of 22.99s.

In the last race of the day, Rujuta made it a reason for a double celebration for the family as she improved on the Games record to win the 50m women’s freestyle gold with a time of 26.42s. Shivangi Sharma (26.80s) of Assam and Janhvi Choudhary (26.89s) of West Bengal took home the silver and bronze medals respectively.