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Karnataka's easy strength of the lesser National swimming scene extended into a 25th straight year, as the 43rd version of the titles finished up here on Saturday. The house state's swimmers won 37 of the 80 occasions more than five days of activity at the Basavangudi Aquatic Center, and guaranteed over 33% of all awards on offer, to finish a continuous quarter century of Overall Championships. 

C.J. Sanjay (Group 2 young men) and Damini K. Gowda (Group 1 young ladies) completed the meet with a twist, asserting one individual gold each on the last day. 

The two Karnataka swimmers were, typically, pronounced Best Swimmers in their classifications. Maharashtra's Neel Roy, who at 14 outshone extensively more established adversaries in Group 1, additionally secured an individual title. 

The last night's exclusive record-breaking exertion originated from West Bengal's Sayani Ghosh, in the Group 1 young ladies' 400m individual mixture. Sayani timed 5:14.04, simply inside Kanchi Desai's season of 5:14.46. "I was cramping amid the breaststroke, yet generally the race was OK," said the 17-year-old from Kolkata. "Recently, I missed a record in the 200m IM by 0.16 seconds. I needed to compensate for it." 

The outcomes: Swimming: Boys: 

Bunch 1: 800m free-form: 1. M. Rahul (Kar) 8:51.86, 2. Kushagra Rawat (Del) 8:53.02, 3. Advait Page (MP) 8:55.75; 200m breaststroke: 1. Varun Patel (MP) 2:29.08, 2. Yuvraj Patel (Guj) 2:29.64, 3. Siddharth Sankhe (Mah) 2:30.13; 100m butterfly: 1. Mihir Ambre (Mah) 57.72, 2. Priyank Rana (Del) 58.25, 3. Shivaksh Sahu (Cht) 58.33; 4x100m mixture transfer: 1. Maharashtra 4:07.53, 2. Karnataka 4:10.59, 3. Delhi 4:10.97. 

Bunch 2: 1500m free-form: 1. C.J. Sanjay (Kar) 17:14.8, 2. K.S. Saif Chandan (Kar) 17:39.39, 3. Anurag R. Singh (Goa) 17:50.88; 200m breaststroke: 1. P. Kushal (Kar) 2:34.53, 2. Sahil Hooda (Har) 2:41.77, 3. Arjun Sambu (Ker) 2:44.33; 100m butterfly: 1. D. Adhithya (TN) 1:00.43, 2. Bastab Tapan Bordoloi (Asm) 1:00.46, 3. Prasidha Krishna (Kar) 1:01.37; 4x100m mixture: 1. Karnataka 4:19.65, 2. Maharashtra 4:30.05, Tamil Nadu 4:30.53 

Young ladies: Group 1: 100m free-form: 1. Damini K. Gowda (Kar) 1:00.3, 2. Sadhvi Dhuri (Mah) 1:02.13, 3. Shraddha Sudhir (Kar) 1:02.39; 200m breaststroke: 1. Harshitha Jayaram (Kar) 2:49.75, 2. Sayani Ghosh (WB) 2:50.8, 3. Shriya Bhat (Kar) 2:58.81; 400m IM: 1. Sayani Ghosh (WB) 5:14.04, NMR (Old: 5:14.46, Kanchi Desai, 2011), 2. Rhia Singh (Kar) 5:29.2, 3. Rayna Saldhana (Mah) 5:31.61; 4x100m mixture: 1. Karnataka 4:41.19, 2. Maharashtra 4:41.35, 3. Bengal 4:47.89. 

Bunch 2: 100m free-form: 1. Kenisha Gupta (Mah) 1:01.92, 2. Annie Jain (MP) 1:02.19, 3. Mayuri Lingaraj (Kar) 1:02.37; 200m breaststroke: 1. Silki Nagpure (Guj) 2:55.02, 2. S.S. Nandini (Kar) 2:59.88, 3. Pratiksha Patel (Kar) 3:00.0; 400m IM: 1. Poojitha G. Murthy (Kar) 5:42.48, 2. G. Saachi (Kar) 5:47.21, 3. Vedika Makhija (Mah) 5:48.11; 4x100m mixture transfer: 1. Karnataka 4:57.49, Tamil Nadu 5:07.37, 3. Assam 5:10.54. 

Water Polo (finals): Boys: West Bengal bt Maharashtra 13-12; Girls: West Bengal bt Maharashtra 7-5. 

Singular honors: Best Swimmer: Boys: Group 1: Neel Roy (Mah), Group 2: C.J. Sanjay (Kar); Girls: Group 1: Damini K. Gowda (Kar), Group 2: Mayuri Lingaraj (Kar).Overall Championships: 1. Karnataka, 607 focuses, 2. Maharashtra, 406.