The third day of water polo and artistic swimming in the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 witnessed the Indian men’s water polo team lose 6-20 to Kazakhstan at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Meanwhile, in artistic swimming, Kazakhstan’s Karina Magrupova and Viktor Druzin secured the top spot in the women’s solo free and men’s solo free, respectively.
Kazakhstan secured a convincing win over India in Men’s Group B. Baltabkuly Adil and Nedokontsev scored four goals each, Tosoy Eduard netted thrice, while Lamayev Maxim, Shakenov Murat, and Akimbay Aldiyar scored two goals apiece. And Akhmetov Ruslan, Madimar Almat, and Bobrovskiy Mstislav added a goal each. For India, Bhagesh Kuthe scored three goals, and Uday Uttekar and Praveen Gopinathan contributed one apiece.
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Women’s Group A witnessed Japan beat Singapore 26-13 with Kobayashi Maho leading the charge with six goals. In women’s Group B, Kazakhstan thumped Hong Kong 21-10. The winning captain Marshina Anastassiya emerged the top goalscorer with four goals.
Men’s Group A saw China obliterate Hong Kong 21-2. Meanwhile, Iran beat Uzbekistan 28-7 in the other clash of the group. Behzadsabouri Farbood starred with five goals.
The day ended with Singapore defeating Thailand 19-11 in men’s Group B. Goh Wen Zhe and Loh Cayden Loh Dejun led Singapore with four goals each.
Published on Oct 06, 2025