Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Indians @ 2008 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships – Day 2, 3 and 4

The results of the Indian swimmers on Day 2:

200m Freestyle Prelims: Rohit Havaldar clocked 1:59.95 to finish 60th. Mandar Divase clocked 2:03.61 to finish 63rd.
The National record is in the name of Virdhawal Khade with a time of 1:52.41.
The Olympic qualifying time is 1:52.53.

100m Backstroke Prelims: Rehan Poncha clocked 1:00.85 to finish 43rd.
The National record is in the name of Rana Joy Punja with a time of 58.2 set in 1988.
The Olympic qualifying time is 57.7.

Women's 50m Backstroke finals (Sophie Edington breaks the World Record):


The results of the Indian swimmers on Day 3:

200m Butterfly Prelims: Rehan Poncha clocked 2:03.73 to finish 11th. This is Rehan’s personal best time.
The National record is in the name of Khazan Singh Tokas with a time of 2:02.38 set in 1986.
The Olympic qualifying time is 2:01.79.

Men's 200m Freestyle finals:




The results of the Indian swimmers on Day 4:

200m Breaststroke Prelims: Sandeep Sejwal clocked 2:21.40 to finish 8th.
Sandeep holds the National record with a time of 2:19.51.
The Olympic qualifying time is 2:18.37.

Women's 200m IM finals (Stephanie Rice breaks the World Record):


Note:
As per the rules, only swimmers eligible to represent Australia will compete in the semi-final or final of an Australian championship event which is a selection trials for the Olympic Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games or Pan Pacific Championships. Hence the Indian swimmers are allowed to swim only in the morning prelims.

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