Patra, who is originally from Odisha but now trains and studies in Bengaluru, bagged the 200m butterfly gold with a timing of 2:06.94s, finishing over half a second ahead of Chandigarh University’s Harsh Saroha.
With the Asian Games less than 50 days away, Indian sports has been rocked by doping cases involving two Games-bound players -- a wushu player and a 14-year-old swimmer -- being caught by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and handed provisional suspension.
Rio Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungaria finished fifth in 4:35.98.
Rehan Poncha, the 30-year-old former Olympic swimmer and Arjuna Awardee has been an icon with a long list of wins…
