Dhinidhi, Tirthank swell tally in pool
Mumbai, Nov. 7 -- India had no medals in swimming at the Youth Olympic Games before the 2026 edition. Now, they have three.
Dhinidhi Desinghu, India's first swimmer to medal at YOG, backed up her women's 100m freestyle bronze earlier this week with another bronze in 200m freestyle on Friday. Minutes later in Dakar, Tirthank Pegu also won bronze in men's 200m butterfly.
Dhinidhi clocked 2:02.28 in her final, finishing behind Croatia's silver medallist Ana Bobanovic (2:01.17) and China's gold medallist Mohan Chang (1:59.59), who won 200m butterfly silver at the Asian Games.
Tirthank finished third at 2:01.25, behind Vietnam's Duong Van Hoang Quy (silver, 2:00.32) and Egypt's Zain Ali (gold, 1:57.88). The 16-year-old from Bengaluru and the 17-...
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