{"id":91452,"date":"2023-11-06T19:10:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=91452"},"modified":"2023-11-06T19:10:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:40:36","slug":"meet-dhinidhi-desinghu-the-13-year-old-making-a-golden-splash-at-the-37th-national-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=91452","title":{"rendered":"Meet Dhinidhi Desinghu, the 13-year-old making a golden splash at the 37th National Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Goa Khabar:<\/strong>\u00a0Dhinidhi Desinghu isn\u2019t your regular teenager. The 2010-born swimmer doesn\u2019t really bother about \u201cexploring\u201d things in life and according to her coach is the \u201cbest at listening to instructions and implementing them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 13-year-old describes herself as a complete introvert before adding, \u201cFive years ago, if you had tried to speak to me, I wouldn\u2019t have been able to talk to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the youngest Indian swimmer to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games let her underwater skills do all the talking as she grabbed seven gold medals at the Campal Swimming Pool to stake claim for the Best Women athlete award at the 37th National Games being held in Goa.<\/p>\n

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Both Dhinidhi and her Karnataka teammate Nina Venkatesh had entered the last day of swimming competition with five gold medals each and it was clear that whoever would bag the 100m freestyle crown would earn the record of winning maximum gold medals.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrankly, I didn\u2019t come here thinking of any of this. I was just happy that I am getting to swim nine events here as I had got to swim only two events in the last National Games in Gujarat. I was just focused on giving my best and knew I will win some races if I can do that,\u201d said the Bengaluru resident.<\/p>\n

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Dhinidhi lost out on medals in 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly category where she finished 7th and 4th respectively. Her seven gold medals coming from 200m freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay, 4×100 medley, 4×200 freestyle relay, 4×100 mixed relay and 100m freestyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t prepare well for the butterfly events this time and that showed in my results,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Dhinidhi\u2019s coach at the Dolphin Aquatics Academy, Madhukumar BM, points out that meticulous preparation and routine is the bedrock of her success and that is what gives her the advantage even at this young age.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is competing against swimmers much older than her and winning is a big thing for us. She has natural strength and that helps. But there is still some way to go for her to be at her best and that is very encouraging to me as a coach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Though swimming has become the focal point of Dhinidhi\u2019s life now, no one really thought about this day when her parents Desinghu and Jesitha Vijayan decided to enrol her in a swimming class near their residence hoping that their introverted daughter may end up making some friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was so scared that she refused to go to the class. Since we had already paid the money, I ended up learning swimming then,\u201d said Jesitha, while explaining how she then slowly but surely got her daughter used to playing in water.<\/p>\n

Dhinidhi impressed her coaches with her ability to kick well and they encouraged the parents to start sending her for competitions. But even that was not so easy.<\/p>\n

Jesitha explained: \u201cEvery time we would enter a tournament, she would either fall in the day before or start vomiting before the match and we would end up not participating as I didn\u2019t want to force her.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few months later, we entered her in a tournament in Mangalore. We had not booked any prior tickets so she and I went there by bus. I have motion sickness and hence it was not a very good experience. Even there, Dhinidhi told me that she wasn\u2019t going to compete. So, I just told her that we will see some races and go.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut after spending some time around the pool, she showed interest in participating and won three gold there,\u201d the mother added.<\/p>\n

Dhinidhi then went on to win a gold and a couple of silver medals in the sub-junior nationals in 2019 and haven\u2019t looked back since then.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Rajkot, we were not even aware of the special swimsuits professional swimmers wore and other details but she won medals. Then we decided that we need to invest in her career and shifted her to Dolphin Academy for better training,\u201d her father Desinghu said.<\/p>\n

Dhinidhi has been winning medals on the national level for a while now and said the experience of participating in the Asian Games was something special.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany top players in the Indian contingent wanted to meet and see who this youngest participant in the Games is. I got to meet Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu also,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The youngster is now focused on making her mark in the Asian Age Group meet which has been postponed to next year. But before that she wants to take a break for a while and recharge.<\/p>\n

When asked what she will be doing during the break, Dhinidhi responded: \u201cNothing special. I just want to go to school. I haven\u2019t been able to do that for the whole year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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