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teammate Shruti Swamy also in a new record time. Anannya had to settle for the bronze as she finished behind Siya Devrukhkar (CSMSS). “I am extremely excited with my performance. I feel proud of my achievements and I consider this as my best ever showing in all the competitions I have participated,” mentioned Anannya who won the 50M free style gold medal at the last National Champion held at Bhubaneswar in July last year. Anannya’s club mate Kavish Desai also enjoyed a rewarding day as he bettered two meet records in winning the boy’s under-16. Kavish won the freestyle in a time of 00:56.53 secs which was slightly better the previous record (2013) of 00:56.72 secs held by of WSC’s Ishaan Mehra (WSC). Later, he easily claimed the Individual Medley with a faster time of 01:05.78 secs to beat Khar Gymkhana’s Jason Smith’s timing of 01:06.50 set in 2013.
PIFA India Rush
PIFA Sports (Colaba) managed to overcome India Rush Soccer Club by a solitary goal in a Reliance Foundation Development League (Mumbai Zone) regional match played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Saturday morning. After a barren first session, striker Viju Pawar scored an allimportant winning goal in the 65th minute to secure PIFA Sports victory. Later, in a
Mumbai Football Association Third Division league match, CFCI Hedgewar Boys and Miners SC played out a tame goalless draw and shared two points.
Women rally
Another edition of the Western India Automobile Association (WIAA) organised hugelysuccessful 'Women's Rally to the Valley' was flagged off here on Saturday.
The rally, organised by WIAA and presented by JK Tyre, had around 300 participants from various walks of life coming together to voice for various causes including women's empowerment and women's safety.
JK Tyre racer and one of India's leading professional women racers Mira Erda cheered for the participants and kickstarted the rally by driving the 'Zero Car'. The event commenced from NCPA, Nariman Point, Mumbai and after traversing through the city's major landmarks will conclude in Nasik where the prize distribution ceremony will be held.