Assam swimmer Astha Choudhury clinched a gold medal in the 100m butterfly women’s event on May 20 at the 2nd Speedo Invitational Long Course Meet 2023 held in Dubai.
Astha Choudhury Bags Gold In Butterfly Women’s Event
Astha Choudhury managed to bag the gold medal with a better performance than before. It is noted the 2nd Speedo Invitational Long Course Meet 2023 is a two-day competition being held on May 20 and 21 at Hamdan Sports Complex.
Astha Choudhury had emerged victorious in a 100m butterfly women’s event at the National Open Championship being held at Hyderabad last year. She managed to bag the gold medal with a record timing of 1.03.83 mts.
Astha Choudhury was followed by Apeksha Fernandes with 1.05.78 mts and Jahnabi Kashyap (also from Assam) with 1.06.61 mts. She had broken the 12-year senior national record previously held at 1.03.24 and the junior national record at 1.04.66 with her personal best of 1.02.71 at the 47th Glenmark Junior National Aquatic Championship.
