Asian Indoor Games – Sandeep Sejwal wins another Silver medal on Day 2

Sandeep Sejwal continued his good run at the games by winning his second silver medal of the meet in the 50m Breaststroke. Sandeep missed the gold by 0.06 of a second; his reaction time, at the start, was 0.03 of a second slower than that of the winner's, so in absolute terms Sandeep was just 0.03 seconds slower. Sandeep may have won if he just had slightly longer finger nails, hmmm…

The other Indians in the fray did well for themselves but were not able to make it on the podium.

The results:

50m Breaststroke (Men) - Iran’s Dizicheh Mohammad Alirezaei finished first with a time of 28.35. India’s Sandeep Sejwal finished second with a time of 28.41. Thailand’s Vorrawuti Aumpiwan finished third with a time of 28.49.

The meet record is in the name of Vladislav Polyakov of Kazakhstan with a time 27.74 set in 2005.

The World Record is in the name of Oleg Lisogor of Ukraine with a time of 26.17 set in 2006.

50m Backstroke (Women) - Hong Kong’s Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai won the gold with a new record time of 28.08. Kazakhstan’s Anastassiya Prilepa won the silver with a time of 28.97. Hong Kong’s Hoi Shun Stephanie Au won the bronze with a time of 29.00.

Shikha Tandon finished 7^th with a time of 30.50.

The World Record is in the name of Hui Li of China with a time of 26.83 set in 2001.

50m Backstroke (Men) - China’s Yi Lin touched out the record holder to finish first with a time of 25.91. Kazakhstan’s Stanislav Ossinskiy touched second with a time of 25.96. Hong Kong’s Geoffrey Robin Cheah touched third with a time of 25.97.

The meet record is in the name of Stanislav Ossinskiy of Kazakhstan with a time of 25.50.

The World Record is in the name of Thomas Rupprath of Germany with a time of 23.27 set in 2004.

100m Butterfly (Women) - Hong Kong’s Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson and Hang Yu Sze finished first and second with time of 1:00.06 and 1:00.26, both the times were faster than the previous record. Thailand’s Natnapa Prommuenwai finished third with a time of 1:02.00.

Richa Mishra narrowly missed the finals, she finished 9^th in the event with a time of 1:04.70.

The World Record is in the name of Lisbeth Lenton of Australia with a time of 55.95 set in 2006.

100m Butterfly (Men) - China’s Jiawei Zhou won the gold with a new meet record time of 51.91. Macau’s Wing Cheung Victor Wong won the silver with a time of 52.78. Kazakhstan’s Rustam Khudiyev won the bronze with a time of 53.33.

Rehan Poncha finished 8^th with a time of 56.00.

The World Record is in the name of Ian Crocker of USA with a time of 49.07 set in 2004.

Day 3 Preview:

Look out for Rehan Poncha – 200m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke, Shikha Tandon – 100m Backstroke and Richa Mishra – 200m Freestyle.

Note: All timings have been clocked in a Short course pool.