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At Singapore Swimming Association Grand Prix 2012, Singapore
Virdhawal Khade
100m freestyle (1st), 50.02s (OST), 200m freestyle (1st) 1:50.93s (OST), 50m freestyle (1st) 23.30s
Sandeep Sejwal
50m breaststroke (1st) 28.55s, 100m breaststroke (1st) 1:02.26 (OST), 200m breaststroke 2:17.59s
Jyotsna Pansare
50m freestyle (9th) 28.44s, 100m butterfly (3rd) 1:04.54s, 100m freestyle (9th) 1:00.76, 100m backstroke (2nd) 1:09.76s
Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal improved their timings at the three-day Singapore Swimming Association Grand Prix ... Veer bettered the 50.34 seconds that he clocked in 100m freestyle in last year’s FINA World Championships by clocking 50.02s in the finals (OST is 50.53) ... Veer also met the OST in the 200m freestyle, his effort in the final (1:50.93s) was better than the qualifying time set at 1:51.59 ... Veer joins Karnataka’s Aaron D’ Souza as the second Indian to have met the OST in 200m freestyle ... D’Souza had clocked 1:50.89s in the Singapore National Open meet in last month ... But, according to FINA rules, the swimmer with a better OST stands a chance to qualify ... Veer failed to qualify in the 50m freestyle, his timing of 23.30s was slower than the OST that has been fixed at 22.88s.
Sandeep Sejwal also bettered a timing of 1:02.62s which he clocked in 100m breaststroke in the FINA Worlds last July by clocking 1:02.26s (OST is 1:02.92s).
Next they r participating in the 55th Malaysian Open, an Olympic qualifying event with 8 more Indian swimmers.
At Singapore Swimming Association Grand Prix 2012, Singapore
Virdhawal Khade
100m freestyle (1st), 50.02s (OST), 200m freestyle (1st) 1:50.93s (OST), 50m freestyle (1st) 23.30s
Sandeep Sejwal
50m breaststroke (1st) 28.55s, 100m breaststroke (1st) 1:02.26 (OST), 200m breaststroke 2:17.59s
Jyotsna Pansare
50m freestyle (9th) 28.44s, 100m butterfly (3rd) 1:04.54s, 100m freestyle (9th) 1:00.76, 100m backstroke (2nd) 1:09.76s
Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal improved their timings at the three-day Singapore Swimming Association Grand Prix ... Veer bettered the 50.34 seconds that he clocked in 100m freestyle in last year’s FINA World Championships by clocking 50.02s in the finals (OST is 50.53) ... Veer also met the OST in the 200m freestyle, his effort in the final (1:50.93s) was better than the qualifying time set at 1:51.59 ... Veer joins Karnataka’s Aaron D’ Souza as the second Indian to have met the OST in 200m freestyle ... D’Souza had clocked 1:50.89s in the Singapore National Open meet in last month ... But, according to FINA rules, the swimmer with a better OST stands a chance to qualify ... Veer failed to qualify in the 50m freestyle, his timing of 23.30s was slower than the OST that has been fixed at 22.88s.
Sandeep Sejwal also bettered a timing of 1:02.62s which he clocked in 100m breaststroke in the FINA Worlds last July by clocking 1:02.26s (OST is 1:02.92s).
Next they r participating in the 55th Malaysian Open, an Olympic qualifying event with 8 more Indian swimmers.
