2nd Northeast Olympic Games 2022: Assam sweeps 20 swimming medals

Dimapur, Nov. 14 (EMN):Swimming at the 2nd North East Olympic Games 2022 went Assam’s way, with the state ending with a total of 20 gold medals at crinoline swimming pool in Shillong on Monday.

Both the women’s and men’s best swimmer awards went to Assam, namely Jahnabi Kashyap (four gold) and Jananjoy Jyoti Hazarika (three gold, one silver).

In addition to their 20 gold medals, Assam also claimed 12 silver and four bronze medals. Manipur won two gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze medals for second place, while Tripura came third with six bronze and Meghalaya one bronze.

In the 50m men’s freestyle, Hazarika from Assam won with a time of 24.75 seconds. Sarungbam Athouba Meitei from Manipur was second (24.93) and Sandham Punshiba Meitei from Manipur third (26.31).

In the 50m women’s freestyle, Jahnabi Kashyap took gold in 28.15 seconds, followed by Darshita Baruah (29.33) and Dekalu Th Panmei (31.35).

The 200m men’s individual medley was carried by Angshuman Kashyap from Assam (2:20.80). Banadip Medhi was second with a time of 2:25.12 and Sarungbam A Thouba Meitei was third (2:25.29).

The 100m women’s butterfly was won by Jahnabi Kashyap in 1:08.93, followed by Subasana Kashyap from Assam (1:17.49) and Panmei (1:22:78).