PANAJI
A total of 333 swimmers from across India took part in the 10th Goa Swimathon organised by Enduro Sports at the Bambolim beach on Sunday, March 27. This included a total of 78 female swimmers.
Bengaluru city dominated the championships with maximum winners across all categories. Kaustubh Radkar, India’s most successful Ironman triathlete made his presence felt by coming first in the 2 km race in the 25-39 age group category, clocking a very quick, 30:45 minutes for the distance.
Bengaluru had the largest contingent with 114 swimmers, followed by Mumbai ( 61), Pune (51), hosts Goa (29) and Delhi (17). Gopal Rao (76) of Bengaluru and former India waterpolo player was the oldest male swimmer, while Lalitha Vijayaraghavan (71), also of Bengaluru, was the oldest woman swimmer.
Goa Swimathon 2022, winners (all categories) - One km, Female - 14 to 24 age: 1) Harshini Chander (Bengaluru, 21:02) 2) Prerana Kumar (Bengaluru) 3) Shriya Karekar (Goa); 25-39 age : 1) Anandi Menon ( Mumbai,26:23 ) 2) Tanvi Chandawarkar (Bengaluru) 3) LV Rashmi (Bengaluru); 40-59 age: 1) Anupama Menon ( Mumbai, 26:43 ) 2) Rushi Sharma (Mumbai) 3) Vidhita Chainani (Mumbai); Above 60: Lalitha Vijayaraghavan (Bengaluru, 42:52); One km, Male - 14-24 age: 1) Shikar Mukherji (Pune, 18:24) 2) Swapnil Srivastava ( Dombivili) 3) Shubham Gaonkar (Goa); 25-39 age group: 1) Karan Menon (Goa, 19:11 ) 2) Dipesh Velip (Goa) 3) Bikash Velip (Goa); 40-59 age group: 1) Vinod Salelkar (Goa, 23:17 ) 2) Sanket Nalawade (Pune) 3) Nikhil Steven ( Bengaluru); Above 60: 1) Ajoy Lion (Bengaluru, 34:30); Two km, Female - 14-24 age group: 1) Amrita Kumar ( Mumbai, 31:02 mins ) 2) Prerana Ramchandra (Bengaluru) 3) Apurva Joshi ( Pune); 25-39 age group: 1) Divya Nagashekhar (Bengaluru, 50:12 mins) 2) Aarti Lad (Mumbai) 3) Arunima Bose ( Goa); 40-59 age group: 1) Meghana Mayya (Bengaluru, 47:50 mins) 2) Anya Saini (Mysuru), 3) Madhura Sekhsaria ( Mumbai), 60 and above: 1) Lalitha Vijayaraghavan (Bengaluru, 42:52 mins); Two kms, Male - 14-24 age group: 1) Sanoyar Dhali (West Bengal, 41:15 mins) 2) Dushyant Singh (Gurgaon) 3) Aaditya Arora (Gurgaon); 25-39 age: 1) Kaustubh Radkar (Pune, 30:45) 2) Chetan Sharma (Bengaluru) 3) Shrikanth Ghantasala (Vijaywada); 40-59 age: 1) Anirban Mukherji (Pune, 39:14) 2) Prasanna Sudke (Mumbai) 3) Kumar Rajamani (Bengaluru); Above 60: 1) Zarir Baliwala (Mumbai, 52:11) 2) Sanjiv Prabhudesai (Goa) 3) GS Amaresh (Bengaluru); Four km, Female - 14-24 age: 1) Shalmali Walujkar (Pune, 1:14:42) 2) Ananya Nadar (Mumbai) 3) Kavya Shrikanth (Bengaluru); 25-39 age: 1) Shreya Deepak (Bengaluru, 1:26:12) 2) Sindhu Naropanth (Bengaluru) 3) Aparajitha Murali (Bengaluru); 40-59 age: 1) Rachna Sharma (Gurgaon, 1:36:29), 2) Roopali Mehta (Mumbai) 3) Shyamala Goli (Hyderabad); Four km, Male 14-24 age: 1) Sakil Sardar (West Bengal, 1:08:38), 2) CM Sachin (Bengaluru) 3) Durven Naik (Mumbai); 25-39 male: 1) Shaik Mohiuddin (Guntur, 1:18:30), 2) Vignan Rachabattuni (Hyderabad) 3) Govind Satish (Bengaluru); 40-59 age: 1) Satish Mohan (Bengaluru 1:18:27), 2) Shankar Thapa (Mumbai) 3) Srikanth Viswanathan (Bengaluru); 60 and above: 1) Sudesh Shastry (Mangaluru, 1:24:09) 2) Kailasnath Sant (Pune) 3) Mohan Rao (Bengaluru)
