July 27: Nepal’s swimmer Gaurika Singh, who clinched multiple gold medals in the South Asian Games (SAG), has set a new national record in individual performance in the 20th edition of the World Aquatics Championship-2023 underway in Fukuoka, Japan.
Chairperson of Nepal Swimming Association, Ashok Bajracharya informed RSS that Singh set a new national record by completing 50-meter backstroking in 31.44 seconds on Wednesday. With this, she broke her own record of 31.87 seconds in 50-meter backstroke category.
Singh has bettered on her previous record she had established in the 12th SAG held in India in 2016.
Singh made her debut in the Rio Olympics 2016 at a tender age of 13 and was the youngest sportsperson at the sports jamboree. According to the official website of the International Olympics Committee, Singh had secured 31st position in the women’s 100 meters backstroke in the Rio Olympics.
Only a few days ago, she had set another national record in women’s 100 meters backstroke with a timing of 1 minute 6.08 seconds in Japan.
Likewise, another Nepali swimmer Alexander Shah also set a new national record by slightly improving his performance in 100-meter freestyle category of swimming.
Alexander set a new record in the 100-meter swimming with a timing of 52.94 seconds by improving his previous record of 52.96 seconds. He had made the previous record in the recently-held 11th NSA Cup Championship.
Nepal’s team manager Naresh Baidya informed RSS that Dubana Lama and Alexander Shah are competing in 100-meter and 40-meter free style, respectively.
