Ahmedabad, Sept. 30 -- On day three of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Srihari Nataraj once again stood tall for India, clinching a bronze in the Men's 100m Freestyle and extending his medal haul to five (three individual, two relay).

Rohit B Benedicton clinched a silver medal in the Men's 50m Butterfly to bring India's total up to nine so far, as per a press release from the Swimming Federation of India (SFI).

Drawn in lane five, Srihari paced his race smartly. He turned third at the 50m mark with China's Haoyu Wang (49.19) and Qatar's Ali Tamer Hassan (49.46) ahead, while Akash Mani(50.45) was close on his heels in fourth. In the second lap, Srihari dug in, maintaining his rhythm to hold off ...