Puttur lad Vaishnav wins gold in SAAC event at Colombo

Mangalore Today News Network

Puttur, Oct 20, 2016 : Vaishnav Hegde, a  member of the Puttur Aquatic Club has clinched gold in the 50 meter breast stroke  at the South Asian Aquatic Championship  held at Colombo  on October 19, Wednesday.  He clocked 29.31 to  emerge the winner. The second place also went to an Indian swimmer Jashandeep Singh.

 

In the 70th Glenmark National Swimming Championship held at Ranchi last week, Vaishnav had  won the silver. Vaishnav is coached  by Vasanth Kumar, Partha Varanasi and Niroop G R in swimming.  He also has the credit of being the youngest swimmer with  third highest   FINA points in India.