Teenagers are fastest swimmers at Cetaphil-Sun Aquamoga 2026 

Ayra Nagathan of Hubbali is fastest in one km race, followed 

by Vihan Naik of Cuncolim,Goa. 

Goa Khabar: Teenaged swimmers, from across the country celebrated “Children’s day” today by emerging the fastest swimmers on day one of the Cetaphil-Sun Aquamoga 2026 swimming event held at the Bambolim beach on Saturday. 

Thirteen-year-old Ayra Nagathan of Hubbali emerged the fastest one km swimmer with a time of 19:39 minutes for the distance, while Vihan Naik of Cuncolim emerged second fastest with a time of 19:49 minutes and Jayden Robert also of Hubbali was third fastest in the one km race with a time of 20:09 mins. 

Similarly, 14 year-old Shardul Late of Pune emerged the fastest swimmer in the 2km category with a time of 31:26 minutes. 

Among women swimmers, Vandita Dhariyal of Vasco, Goa was the fastest with a time of 41:15 minutes for the 2km distance. 

In the persons with disabilities category, blind swimmer, Vijay Kasivel (43) of Bengaluru was the quickest with a timing of 1:44:53 hours for the 2km distance. He was guided in the waters by his coach Mohan Rao. 

Tomorrow, Sunday, November 15 will see swimmers take part in the challenging 5km and 10km races. 

“My blindness is not an impediment for me,”- Blind swimmer Vijay Kasivel    

Forty-three-year old, blind swimmer Vijay Kasivel does not allow his blindness come in the way of his endurance swimming. A bank manager with the State Bank of India in Bengaluru, Vijay learnt swimming from coach, Mohan Rao nine years ago. 

Today, Mohan Rao is Vijay’s guide in multiple endurance swims that the duo take part in. Says Mohan Rao, “I tap Vijay on different parts of his body to indicate the direction in which he must swim.” 

Vijay, who lost his eyesight at age 25 due to a degenerative eye disease is an ambitious sportsman. He has successfully completed two triathlon races and is keen to participate in the Ironman 70.3 race next.

RESULTS of the fastest swimmers

1 KM FASTEST – MALE

1. Vihan Rupak Naik, Cuncolim, Goa  00:19:49, 
2. Jayden Robert, Hubbali, 00:20:09
3. M. Shivram Prasad, Hubbali, 00:21:19

1 KM FASTEST – FEMALE

1. Ayra Nagathan, Hubbali, 00:19:39
2. Tanaya Raje, Pune, 00:22:00
3.  Naisha Singh, Bengaluru, 00:23:36

2 KM FASTEST – MALE

1. Shardul Late, Pune, 00:31:26

2)Rahil Parikh, Mumbai, 00:33:11

3) Mohit Verma, New Delhi, 00:36:24

2 KM FASTEST – FEMALE

1. Vandita Dhariyal, Vasco, Goa,  00:41:15
2. Ribayah Menon, Carmona, Goa, 00:45:02
3. Dr. Mansi Herekar, Belgavi, 00:47:06