Indiaโs swimming contingent continued its dream run at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games as teenage sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu clinched her second bronze medal of the competition, finishing third in the girls’ 200m freestyle final.
Promising Indian swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu on Friday completed a spectacular double at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, winning the bronze medal in the girlsโ 200m freestyle here.
Desinghu had earlier won a bronze in the corresponding 100m event, and her two-medal burst has made the 16-year-old the first Indian athlete to win multiple medals in individual events at the global youth showpiece.
Desinghu clocked 2:02.28 in the 200m final, finishing behind Chinaโs M Chang, who bagged gold in 1:59.59.
Croatia’s Ana Bobanovic took silver in 2:01.17.
The 200m was Desinghuโs primary event, and she did not disappoint either, emerging with a medal.
Pegu wins bronze
Later, her compatriot Tirthank Pegu won the bronze medal in the menโs 200M Butterfly event.
He clocked 2:01.25 seconds to become the first Indian male swimmer to win a medal at the Youth Olympic Games.
This was India’s sixth medal at the Games.
Earlier, Pegu finished third in the heats, clocking 2:05.30 to secure his place in the final.
Colombiaโs Nicolas Kokidko won the gold in 2:04.14 seconds, while Egyptโs Zain Ali bagged silver, clocking 2.04:31.
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