Dhinidhi Desinghu spoke about her 100m freestyle performance. (X)
\n\nDhinidhi Desinghu had less than five hours. That was the gap between her 100m freestyle heat and the final at the Dakar Youth Olympics. In that window, the 16-year-old went from 56.80 seconds to 56.27, a national record and also won bronze. It was the first Youth Olympic swimming medal by an Indian, and she later added a second bronze in the 200m freestyle.
\n\nSpeaking to Sports Now in a media interaction organised by SAI, she said that it started with the body clock.
\n\n"There is one side of it: generally we swim better in the evening, because once you're up in the morning, your body is still taking time to get awake. Your eyes are open, and your head is very active, but your body does take some time to switch on, be active and get to race. So generally people are quicker in the evening than in the morning, which I've tried to change," she said.
\n\n"I'm trying to do fast swims in the morning as well, which surprisingly did happen at this meet. I swam quite quickly in the morning, but it is a matter of trying to…
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