Event: Men’s 400m FreestylePersonal Best: 3:57.77 (junior national record)CWG Record: The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will mark Dhakshan Shashikumar’s debut at the event.Major Achievements:51st Junior National Aquatic Championships 2025: Set a new junior national record in the men’s 400m freestyle, clocking 3:57.77Asian Youth Games 2025: Finished 7th in the 400m freestyle final in Bahrain, clocking 4:00.87Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024: Won gold as part of Karnataka’s men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team, clocking 7:42.90A swimmer from Karnataka, Dhakshan Shashikumar has come through the state’s strong swimming pipeline, sharing pool lanes with some of India’s most promising young talents. He first made his mark on the relay circuit, helping Karnataka’s 4x200m freestyle team to gold at the Senior Nationals in 2024, before stepping up in individual events.Today, Dhakshan has emerged as one of the country’s rising distance freestylers. In 2025, he broke into the national record books by lowering the junior 400m freestyle mark to 3:57.77, and followed it up with a top-eight finish at the Asian Youth Games, further establishing himself among India’s next generation of swimmers.Career BestDhakshan produced the best swim of his career at the 51st Junior National Aquatic Championships in Ahmedabad in August 2025, clocking 3:57.77 in the men’s 400m freestyle to break the existing junior national record of 4:00.11, previously held by Aneesh S Gowda.Commonwealth Games DebutThe 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will mark Dhakshan Shashikumar’s debut at the event.