New Delhi: For Karnataka's Aaron D'Souza, the second day at the 65th Senior National Aquatics Championships in Ranchi was like ace-shooter Abhinav Bindra shooting a perfect 600 in a domestic meet and still not getting the world record.
D'Souza swam well under the FINA invitational qualifying time of 1:51.59 sec in 200m freestyle but did not qualify for London Olympics as the Nationals are not a qualifying tournament.
He clocked 1.51:38s bettering his two-year-old record of 1:53.36 sec. "I am happy I could get past the qualifying time. I'm a little upset over Nationals not being one of the qualifying tournaments but it certainly boosts my confidence that I could push to the limit," D'Souza told TOI from Ranchi. Sandeep Sejwal and Virdhawal Khade are the lone Indian swimmers to have qualified for London so far.
The Times Of India