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Sejwal splashes to a silver spree

Source: PTI
November 01, 2007 14:38 IST
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Sandeep Sejwal made a big splash in the pool as he won his second silver medal at the 2nd Indoor Asian Games in Macau by finishing second in the men's 50m breaststroke.

Delhi's Sandeep timed 28.41 second and missed the gold by 0.06 of a second. The gold medal went to Iran's Mohammad Ali Rezaei. Vorrawuti Aumpiwan of Thailand took the bronze clocking 28.49s.

Earlier, the 18-year-old Sejwal had finished second in the 100m breaststroke.

In the heats, Sejwal had timed 28.82s while finishing second to Aumpiwan.

Shikha Tandon finished seventh in the women's 50m backstroke final, clocking 30.50s. The race was won by Sherry Tsai Hiu Wai of Hong Kong with a new games record of 28.08s.

In men's 100m butterfly, Rehan Jahangir Poncha qualified for the final but finished eighth.

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