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Khade swims to silver medal in 50m butterfly
A day after winning the gold in the 50 metre freestyle category, India's Virdhawal Khade on Monday swam to a silver medal in the 50m butterfly event.
New Delhi:
A day after winning the gold in the 50 metre freestyle category, India's Virdhawal Khade on Monday swam to a silver medal in the 50m butterfly event at the International Schwimmfest in Darmstadt, Germany.
The youngster clocked 24.28 seconds and missed out on the gold by a mere one-hundredths of a second. He also narrowly missed bettering his own national record of 24.25sec that he set at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.
On Sunday, Khade won the 50m freestyle event with a timing of 22.96sec.
The Indian swimming trio of Khade, Sejwal and J Agnishwar would now being their final preparations for the World Swimming Championships in Rome, where the swimming events begin on July 26.
The youngster clocked 24.28 seconds and missed out on the gold by a mere one-hundredths of a second. He also narrowly missed bettering his own national record of 24.25sec that he set at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.
On Sunday, Khade won the 50m freestyle event with a timing of 22.96sec.
The Indian swimming trio of Khade, Sejwal and J Agnishwar would now being their final preparations for the World Swimming Championships in Rome, where the swimming events begin on July 26.
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