Aarohi Nilesh Borde
PANAJI
Goa's national medal winner swimmers Purvi Ritesh Naik, Aarohi Nilesh Borde and Vihaan Shailesh Pednekar swam to glory at the 1st edition of Future Champions – Goa 2026 held at the Campal Swimming Pool recently. The event was conducted by Sports Authority of Goa (SAG), in association with Khelo India Centre of Excellence.
While Purvi and Vihaan won Individual Championship in Group 3 Girls and Group 3 Boys respectively, Aarohi won Individual Championship in Group 2 Girls.
13-year-old Purvi and 15-year-old Aarohi dominated their respective age-groups by winning five gold medals each while 14-year-old Vihaan won four gold and a silver in his age-group.
Purvi won a gold in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 200m individual medley in Girls Group 3 meant for age group 13-14. Her timings were 28.90, 1:06.17, 2:29.94, 32.96 and 2:54.40 respectively.
Aarohi won a gold in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley in Girls Group 2 meant for age group 15-16. Her timings were 30.80, 1:07.46, 32.59, 1:10.01 and 2:58.38 respectively.
Vihaan won a gold in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke and a silver in 50m breaststroke in Boys Group 3 meant for age group 13-14. His timings were 27.52, 1:00.02, 31.10, 1:05.44 and 37.86 respectively.
