Swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu bags 200m bronze, completes spectacular double at Youth Olympics
DAKAR: (Nov 6) Promising Indian swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu on Friday completed a spectacular double at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, winning the bronze medal in the girls’ 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 China’s M Chang, who bagged gold in 1:59.59.
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