India will full 75 years of Independence this 12 months. Here's a sequence acknowledging 75 nice sporting achievements by Indian athletes. Sportstar will current one iconic sporting achievement every day, main as much as August 15, 2022.
Sachin Nag's swimming gold at 1951 Asian Video games
Swimmer Sachin Nag gained the 100m freestyle gold on the inaugural Asian Video games in New Delhi on March 7, 1951. It was India's first gold medal on the continental occasion.
Nag's success was acclaimed with nice jubilation and the cheering broke out like thunder as there was deal
of suspense previous it tor each the Indian swimmer and W. Walters of Singapore timed 1 minute 47 seconds.
The judges went into session and the bulk opinion was that Nag touched the financial institution first. It was laborious luck for Walters however Nag deserved his success for his excellent sprint in direction of the tip. Sotero Alcantara of the Philippines took the third place.
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Nag earned appreciation from then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for rising the quickest swimmer. The 100m freestyle gold is the one first place end by an Indian swimmer at Asiad.
He additionally clinched bronze in 4x100m freestyle (with Bimal Chandra, Isaac Mansoor and Sambu Saha) and 3x100m medley (with Kanti Shah and Jehangir Naigamwalla).
(The article was first printed in The Hindu on March 8, 1951)
