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Gujarat's Aryan Nehra creates another national record

Published on 28 Jul 2026

Asian Games-bound swimmer Aryan Nehra broke yet another national record en route to his gold-winning performance in the men's 800m freestyle event at the national swimming championships 2023.
Aryan breached the Asian Games qualifying standard for the second time this year by clocking 8:01.81.
In a repeat of 400m freestyle event, Aryan once again got the better of national record holder Delhi’s Kushagra Rawat, who clinched a silver with a timing of 8:09.25, while Karnataka swimmer Aneesh Gowda (8:16.92) came third.
The Gujarat swimmer had booked his place in the continental event in April during a meet in Chicago where he swam a personal best of 8:03.15 in the 800m freestyle event.
He has also breached the 1500m freestyle qualification time.
Karnataka’s Harshika Ramachandra and Maharashtra swimmer Anannya Nayak also rewrote national marks in the the women’s 200m medley and 100m freestyle events respectively.

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