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Swimming: Gujarat’s Aryan Nehra creates another national record
Hyderabad. Asian Games-ready swimmer Aryan Nehra set a new national record on Monday to win gold in the men’s 800m freestyle event at the National Swimming Championships here. Aryan clocked 8:01.81 to clock the Asian Games qualifying standard for the second time this year. Like in Sunday’s 400m freestyle event, Aryan once again outclassed national record holder Kushagra Rawat of Delhi.
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Rawat clocked 8:09.25 to win the silver medal, while Karnataka’s Anish Gowda (8:16.92) came third. Aryan had booked his place in the Asian Games by clocking a personal best of 8:03.15 in the 800m freestyle at an event in Chicago in April.