New Delhi: Indian swimmers made a big splash at the seventh Asian age group swimming championship, clinching eight medals including three gold medals on the first day of the event at Jakarta.
While Sandeep Sejwal won the gold in the 50m breaststroke recording a time of 28:36s, India's ace swimmer Veerdhaval Khade bagged the yellow metal in the 100m butterfly clocking 54:86s.
The 20-year-old Khade later combined with Aaron D'Souza, Anshul Kothari and Rehan Poncha to fetch another gold in 4x100 freestyle relay.
Poncha, earlier in the day, grabbed a bronze in the 200m backstroke in boys open group in a time of 02:07:76.
Meanwhile, Saurabh Sangvekar won a silver medal in 800m freestyle.
The Hindu