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Astha Choudhury clocks a Best Indian Time in 200m Butterfly at the Singapore Nationals Age Group Swimming Championships on Tuesday.

The 22-year-old improved on Apeksha Fernandes’ four-year record of 2:18.18s by more than a second, to finish second in the super final with 2:17.09s.

She missed out on the gold medal in the overall section, finishing behind Japan’s Matsuura Yu (2:15.91s), but had a promising start to a very important year.

However, Yu was competing mainly in the U17 category, and hence Astha also won a gold medal in the senior section, finishing at the top in the 18-and-over category.

Earlier in the day, Astha clocked 2:18.37s in the preliminary round to finish first in her heat and qualify for the super final.

India bagged 3 more medals on the day as Shirin (1500m Freestyle) and Srihari Nataraj (100m Backstroke) won the silver medals, and Sajan Prakash clinched bronze in 200m Individual Medley.

Srihari added another medal to his tally on the second day, winning the silver medal in men’s 50m backstroke with a time of 25.87s.

On the other hand, Mihir Ambre won the bronze medal in the 50m freestyle with a time of 23.05s, finishing ahead of Srihari, who finished 6th (23.48s).