# 16-year-old Tanishi Gupta breaks Maana Patel’s 100m backstroke national record 2026-08-20T07:23:25+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Sixteen-year-old Tanishi Gupta set a new national record in the women's 100m backstroke at the Junior National Aquatics Championships in Bhubaneswar, clocking 1:03.36. She shaved 0.12 seconds off Maana Patel's previous record of 1:03.48. Gupta also broke the national record in the 50m butterfly at the same championships with a time of 27.41 seconds. Earlier this year at the Senior Nationals in Ahmedabad, she broke the 100m butterfly national record twice in one day, posting a Best Indian Time of 1:00.07. Gupta began swimming at age eight and won medals at the National Games by age 12. She now trains in the US with Dolphin Aquatics and represented India at the Asian Age Group Championships in Bangkok, winning five bronze medals. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Tanishi Gupta, 16, has now broken four national records in 2026, including two in one day at the Senior Nationals in Ahmedabad. The Junior Nationals in Bhubaneswar are where India’s next generation of swimmers first appear on the national radar. Maana Patel’s previous 100m backstroke mark had stood since 2019. For Gupta, the next target will likely be the qualifying time for the 2028 Olympics, currently 1:00.39 for the women’s 100m backstroke. Her 1:03.36 is still nearly three seconds away. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Led with the record time and the athlete's personal journey, no government angle or controversy. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bhubaneswar, Maana Patel, Tanishi Gupta Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/16-year-old-tanishi-gupta-breaks-maana-patels-100m-backstroke-national-record/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/16-year-old-tanishi-gupta-breaks-maana-patels-100m-backstroke-national-record/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/