Indian swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu won her second bronze medal of the Dakar Youth Olympic Games on Friday, finishing third in the girls' 200m freestyle final in 2:02.28 — and with it became the first Indian athlete to win two medals in individual events at a Youth Olympic Games.

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China's Chang Mohan took gold in 1:59.59 and Croatia's Ana Bobanovic silver in 2:01.17. The 200m freestyle is regarded as the 16-year-old's primary event, though Friday's time was short of her personal best of 2:01.89, RevSportz reported.

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2:02.28Desinghu's 200m freestyle final time
1:59.59Gold — Chang Mohan (China)
2Individual Youth Olympic medals — an Indian first

Desinghu had opened her Dakar campaign with bronze in the 100m freestyle on November 2, the first swimming medal India has won at a Youth Olympic Games. Friday's podium doubled that breakthrough in the same week.

It was a double-bronze day for Indian swimming in Dakar: Tirthank Pegu also took bronze in the men's 200m butterfly on Friday, taking India's overall tally at the Games to six medals — two silver and four bronze — according to RevSportz. Earlier on Friday, Tanvi Patri's badminton silver had headlined India's day; Desinghu's swim added the historic individual double.

Desinghu, from Karnataka, is already a senior Olympian: she raced the women's 200m freestyle at the Paris 2024 Olympics as India's youngest athlete at those Games. Her Dakar double now stands as the strongest Youth Olympic swimming performance by an Indian.