Swimming Nationals: Virdhawal, Saloni set national records on Day 4

Virdhawal Khade and Salonia Dalal broke national records in the men's 50m butterfly and women's 100m breaststroke respectively on the penultimate day of the 72nd Senior National Aquatic Championship here Saturday.

Virdhawal, who missed the bronze medal in the recently concluded Asian Games by a whisker, created a national record in the men's 50m butterfly, his last individual event of this meet.

He finished with a time of 00:24.26s. He broke his own record set in 2009 coincidentally at the same venue.

Supriya Mondal, representing Railways, fought with Virdhawal stroke for stroke but had to settle for a silver with a time of 00:24.86s while his teammate Sarma SP Nair finished third.

Saloni, representing Karnataka, once again showcased her amazing ability to shoot ahead in the final part of the race. She piped SFI's Kareena Shankta, who was the leader for the most part of the race.

Saloni not only won gold but also established a national record, clocking 01:14.87 seconds.

In the men's ..