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Mumbai’s Prabhat Koli won the 10km race in the open category on day one of the Goa Swimathon in grand style clocking an impressive 2:51:16 hours for the distance, as the 9th Goa Swimathon 2019 organised by Enduro Sports Goa kicked off at the Bambolim beach on Saturday morning. A record 581 swimmers from all over India are taking part in this event.
In the 5 km distance, Utkarsh Hagde of Thane (1:29:17 hours) and Supriya Nimbalkar of Kolhapur (1:45:18) won their respective categories. Day two on Sunday will see races in the one km, 2km and 250 metres taking place on the Bambolim beach between 715am-11am.
Results of day One: 10km men open: 1) Prabhat Koli, Mumbai (2:51:16), 2) Daya Tulasi, Vijayawada (2:56:41), 3) Shrinath Pandhare, Mumbai (3:08:02); 10km senior men’s: 1) Akshay Jain, Mumbai (3:44:56) 2) Tushar Sinha, Singapore ( 4:15:22) 3) Aamod Shirali, Goa (4:42:33); 10km Veteran men: 1) Shankar Thapa, Mumbai (3:31:44) 2) Ravi Sandesh, Bengaluru (3:32:31) 3) V Shrinath, Bengaluru (3:52:21); 10km veteran women: 1) Aruna Venugopal, Bengaluru (3:46:05); 5km men’s open: 1) Utkarsh Hagde, Thane (1:29:17), 2) Nitish Kulkarni, Kolhapur (1:32:44), 3) Hemant America, Bengaluru (1:52:37); 5km women’s open: 1) Supriya Nimbalkar, Kolhapur (1:45:18), 2) Shreya Deepak, Bengaluru (1:53:04), 3) Sarika Paygude, Pune (2:27:42); 5km Junior women: 1) Rutuja Ranawade, Pune (2:52:01); 5km senior men: 1) Arjun Koustubhan, Hyderabad (1:51:59), 2) Manish Jaiswal, Bengaluru (1:57:56) 3) Shamoil Vapra, Pune (2:06:54); 5km women seniors: 1) Varuna Mayya, Bengaluru (2:19:56), 2) Aparajita Murali, Bengaluru, (2:51:17); 5km Veteran men: 1) Arun Malik, New Delhi (2:06:58), 2) Zarir Baliwala (2:19:36), 3) BR Gopal Rao, Bengaluru (2:20:07); 5kms Veteran women: 1) C Manjari, Bengaluru (2:37:37), 2) Anuradha Chari, Bengaluru (2:44:04), 3) Ayesha Broacha, Mumbai (3:10:44).
