India reigns supreme in South Asian Games

Indian swimmers once again displayed their might by garnering an amazing tally of 32 gold, 18 silver and 3 bronze medals in the 10th edition of South Asian Games (formerly known as South Asian Federation Games). The swimming competitions of the Games have been held at Sugathadasa Indoor Swimming Pool in Colombo from August 19 to 23, 2006. Sri Lanka claimed for titles while Bangladesh's Shajahan Ali gave his nation the lone gold in 50m breaststroke. Andrew Abeysinghe pockets the 100 and 200 backstroke golds while Mayumi Raheem made a clean sweep in the women's breaststroke for the home crowd to cheer.
India's 15 year old mermaid Lekha Kamath had won a record six gold medals, four of which came through her individual efforts and the rest in relays. Among the men, Virdhaval Khade and Rehan Poncha stood on top of the podium three times each. Overall it was a memorable outing for the Indians.

Women:
50m Freestyle (19)
1. Lekha Kamath (IND) 27.70
2. Mayumi Raheem (SRI) 28.87
3. Rubab Raza (PAK) 29.18


100m Freestyle (21)
1. Lekha Kamath (IND) 1:00.76
2. B. Neeraja (IND) 1:02.17
3. Mayumi Raheem (SRI) 1:02.85

50m Butterfly (23)
1. Lekha Kamath (IND) 29.71
2. Sana Wahid (PAK) 32.87
3. Miniruwani Samarakoon (SRI) 33.06

100m Butterfly (21)
1. Lekha Kamath (IND) 1:04.51*
2. Miniruwami Samarakoon (SRI) 1:11.85
3. Eesha Khan (PAK) 1:16.29