Ashwin Mokashi, Kshitij Jaiswal, Rohan Rannaware & Akshaya Zanzad all Swimming Members of Aqua Sports Club brought laurels to the City by Successfully finishing the Goa Ironman Triathlon Race conducted on 13 th November 2022 at Goa.
This Half Ironman Triathlon event consist of 1.9 Km. Swimming, 90 Km. Cycling and 21.1 Km. Running.
For their achievement they were felicitated on NIT Swimming Pool at the hands of Dr. Pravin Lamkhade Chief Coach ASC and ASCA Level – 5 Coach Shri Vishal Chandurkar in a small program.
Ashwin who recently won several medals at the state veterans swimming competition was the fastest finisher among all above.
Participating in the age category 30-34 Men Ashwin completed the above mention distance in 06 hr. 54 Min & 52 sec.
Kshitij who participated first time in this event in age category 25-29 Men completed the above mention distance in 07 hr. 17 Min & 06 sec.
Rohan who started learning swimming just 4 months back for this event participated in age category 25- 29 Men and completed the above mention distance in 07 hr. 13 Min & 20 sec. & Akshaya who recently won several medals at the state veterans swimming competition was the only women participant from the city.
She participated in Mixed Team Event in this competition and was the fastest finisher in swimming contributing her team to get overall 5th Place in the above event.
Participating in the Team event her team “Nagpur Athelin” completed the above mention distance in 06 hr. 11 Min & 13 sec.
All the above Triathletes are the regular swimming members of Aqua Sports Club training hard under the able guidance of Senior Coach Dr. Pravin Lamkhade (NSNIS, Patiala) and ASCA Level – 5 Coach Shri Vishal Chandurkar Sir.
Aqua Sports Club President Shri Mohan Nahatkar, Secretary Shri Mangesh Gadre, Director Midland Sports Shri Prashant Ugemuge, Vice-President Operations Midland Sports Mrs Preeti Lanjekar, Manager Operations Midland Sports Shri Ashwin Janbandhu, parents of Aqua Sports Club swimmers and sports lovers from all the corners of the city congratulate all the above swimmers for their achievement and wish them good luck for the coming venture.
