The science of training an athlete’s mind and body is the key: Tapan Panigrahi
3 years ago

The science of training an athlete’s mind and body is the key: Tapan Panigrahi

Hindustan Times  

PUNE Pune-based swimming coach Tapan Kumar Panigrahi, who received the Dronacharya award on November 13, has urged city coaches to include sports science in their physical training schedule, as this will play an important role in the overall training of an athlete. Panigrahi has urged city coaches to include sports science in their physical training schedule, as this will play an important role in the overall training of an athlete. Coaching para swimmers Para swimmer Suyash Jadhav who was a medal prospect for India at the Tokyo Paralympics has been trained by Panigrahi, however, due to health issues, Jadhav could not give his best performance at the event. India’s Olympic swimming medal hopes Panigrahi feels that Indian swimmers are falling short and are not performing well at the Olympics.

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Fitness: How Indian swimmers train for ocean swimming
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Fitness: How Indian swimmers train for ocean swimming

Live Mint  

During a 5km race in Malvan in 2018, Sanket Bhagwatkar had experienced severe discomfort after ingesting excess sea water. At the Mumbai Sea Swimmers Ultra this month, he looked to avoid the same mistakes as he stepped into the Arabian Sea to take on his longest open water swim yet. Two weeks before the MSS Ultra Swim, she did a …

Story of Niranjan Mukundan, India's first-para swimmer with 100 International medals | Exclusive
4 months ago

Story of Niranjan Mukundan, India's first-para swimmer with 100 International medals | Exclusive

India TV News  

Born with spina bifida, undergoing 19 surgeries, but still winning 100 International medals is no mean feat. Niranjan Mukundan, the first Indian para swimmer to complete a century of International medals, had to choose swimming due to his medical condition. One competition at a time, now that I know these injuries are gonna be frequent and they are part and …

India’s Olympic report card: From Bronze-medallists to first-round exits, a searchable list
4 months, 1 week ago

India’s Olympic report card: From Bronze-medallists to first-round exits, a searchable list

The Hindu  

As the Paris Olympics 2024 has drawn to a close, the Indian contingent has finished its campaign with six medals under its belt; one silver and five bronzes. The country secured three out of its six medals in this category, with standout performer Manu Bhaker making history as the first Indian Olympian, since independence, to win two medals in a …

Sports Science, the open secret to getting Faster, Higher, Stronger
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sports Science, the open secret to getting Faster, Higher, Stronger

Hindustan Times  

Every night before hitting the bed, Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu straps a heart rate monitor to her chest that records key cardiovascular data as the weightlifter’s battered body recovers. At the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellary, sports science experts figured that the best way to get Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra close to hitting the 90m mark …

At 14, Dhinidhi readies for an experience called Olympics
5 months, 3 weeks ago

At 14, Dhinidhi readies for an experience called Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: As a kid not even in her teens yet, Dhinidhi Desinghu remembers watching India’s top swimmer Srihari Nataraj compete at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 on television. Dhinidhi plans to make handwritten gift cards and deliver them hopefully in person to her “childhood swim hero” and reigning 200m freestyle Olympic champion, Katie Ledecky of USA. “She happens to be …

Swimmer Shoan, shotputter Anupriya win medals in Commonwealth Youth Games
1 year, 4 months ago

Swimmer Shoan, shotputter Anupriya win medals in Commonwealth Youth Games

The Hindu  

India’s Shoan Ganguly and Anupriya Valliyot Sasi claimed silver and bronze medals in the boy’s 400m individual medley swimming event and girl’s shotput respectively at the ongoing Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinbago. Paris Olympics swimming test competition in Seine cancelled due to pollution: federation The fastest time clocked by an Indian swimmer is called “Best Indian Time” while a timing …

Vritti Agarwal becomes first-ever swimmer from Telangana to qualify for Asian Games
1 year, 5 months ago

Vritti Agarwal becomes first-ever swimmer from Telangana to qualify for Asian Games

The Hindu  

Young swimming talent from Telangana, Vritti Agarwal, has become the first-ever swimmer from Telangana to make it to the Asian Games when she was named as part of the 4 x 200 m relay women’s squad for this September’s Asiad. The 16-year-old Vritti said though she had been targeting an Asian Games berth, it was a pleasant surprise to get …

National Games, Swimming: Hashika Ramachandra, Sajan Prakash dominate the pool
2 years, 2 months ago

National Games, Swimming: Hashika Ramachandra, Sajan Prakash dominate the pool

The Hindu  

The women’s 400m Individual medley event of the 36th National Games was a pointer to the future of Indian swimming. The baton was quietly passed from Richa, who had ruled the pool for two-and-a-half decades, to Hashika who was later chosen as the best women athlete of the National Games. Hashika’s accession as the new star was the highpoint of …

Swimmer Sajan Prakash ready to take bigger strides after 'breakthrough' moment
2 years, 7 months ago

Swimmer Sajan Prakash ready to take bigger strides after 'breakthrough' moment

Firstpost  

Prakash made history by becoming the first Indian to breach the Games ‘A’ standard time, achieving the feat at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome in 2021. In a sport like swimming, especially in a country like India, even little milestones can prove to be stepping stone for future and the historic feat of achieving a first-ever ‘A’ qualification time …

Olympic Swimmer Srihari Nataraj Eyeing Good Show at Khelo India University Games ahead of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games
2 years, 8 months ago

Olympic Swimmer Srihari Nataraj Eyeing Good Show at Khelo India University Games ahead of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games

News 18  

Srihari Nataraj returned to Bengaluru on Tuesday after taking part in French Elite National Swimming Championships at Limoges and now is eager for the upcoming Khelo India University Games 2021, where the Olympian swimmer will be representing hosts Jain University. “The next few months leading up to the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games will be quite exciting for me as …

Indian Swimmer Srihari Nataraj Makes it a Hat-trick of Records at World Championships
3 years ago

Indian Swimmer Srihari Nataraj Makes it a Hat-trick of Records at World Championships

News 18  

Star Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj continued his record-breaking spree at the FINA short course World Championships here on Monday, registering his third ‘Best Indian time’ in the tournament. The 20-year-old clocked 48.65s in the men’s 100m freestyle event to better Sajan Prakash’s best Indian performance. Nataraj, who competed at the Tokyo Olympics after becoming the second Indian swimmer after Prakash …

Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel in focus at Senior National Aquatic Championships
3 years, 1 month ago

Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel in focus at Senior National Aquatic Championships

The Hindu  

India’s top swimmers will return to the pool for a home competition after two long years when the 74th Senior National Aquatic Championship gets underway here on Tuesday. Though quite early in the fresh Olympic cycle leading up to Paris 2024, the meet assumes significance as it is a qualifying event for the FINA World Short Course Championship and the …

Top Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj set sights on Commonwealth, Asian Games
3 years, 4 months ago

Top Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj set sights on Commonwealth, Asian Games

Firstpost  

Prakash wrote a new chapter in the history of Indian swimming by becoming the first swimmer from the country to qualify for the Olympics by breaching the ‘A’ standard time at a qualifying meet in Rome on 26 June. Top Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj may have had an underwhelming Tokyo Olympics but the duo feels that experience …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India’s swimming campaign ends after Sajan Prakash fails to qualify for 100m butterfly semis
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India’s swimming campaign ends after Sajan Prakash fails to qualify for 100m butterfly semis

Firstpost  

Prakash, who also competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, finished second in the second-slowest heat with a time of 53.45s. Tokyo: Swimmer Sajan Prakash finished second in his Heat but that was not enough to advance the semi-finals of the men’s 100m butterfly event as India’s underwhelming campaign at the Tokyo Olympics ended on Thursday. Prakash, who became the first …

Tokyo Olympics | India's challenge ends as Sajan Prakash unable to advance to 100m butterfly semis
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics | India's challenge ends as Sajan Prakash unable to advance to 100m butterfly semis

India TV News  

Swimmer Sajan Prakash finished second in his Heat but that was not enough to advance the semifinals of the men's 100m butterfly event as India's underwhelming campaign at the Tokyo Olympics ended here on Thursday. All three Indian swimmers -- Prakash, Srihari Nataraj, and Maana Patel -- head home after disappointing show, failing to even match their personal best times …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Maana Patel reveals wanting to quit swimming while nursing shoulder injury, battling depression in 2017
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Maana Patel reveals wanting to quit swimming while nursing shoulder injury, battling depression in 2017

Firstpost  

Maana will be representing India in the women’s 100m backstroke event in the upcoming Tokyo Games, having qualified through a Universality quota New Delhi: Representing India at the Olympics, like for several others, is a dream come true for swimmer Maana Patel, but it’s a reality the youngster would have struggled to even imagine four years ago when she was …

Tokyo Olympics: Indian swimmers profile, ranking, opponents, form guide
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Indian swimmers profile, ranking, opponents, form guide

The Hindu  

Sajan Prakash Age : 27 Event : 200m butterfly Form Guide : June 2021: 1:56:38s at the Sett Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy; 1:56.96 at the Belgrade Trophy 2021in Serbia; April 2021: 1:57.85s at the Uzbekistan Open swimming championships February 2021: 1:59.31- Latvian Open 2021 Medal contenders: Kristok Milak oh hungary Daiya Seto of China Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary, Luca …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ramji Srinivasan discusses working with Olympic-bound athletes, challenges of being strength and conditioning coach
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ramji Srinivasan discusses working with Olympic-bound athletes, challenges of being strength and conditioning coach

Firstpost  

In an exclusive chat with Firstpost, former Indian cricket team strength and conditioning coach Srinivasan talks about his experience working with the likes of Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Bhavani Devi. Ramji Srinivasan had filled in for that particular role with the Indian cricket team between 2009 and 2013 and has also served as the SandC coach for athletes …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian athletes start training ahead of Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian athletes start training ahead of Games

Firstpost  

The likes of archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das, table tennis players G Sathiyan and A Sharath Kamal, ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth and lone Indian gymnast in fray, Pranati Nayak, also started their training on Monday. Tokyo: Indian athletes, including the boxers and shooters, hit the ground running as they started their pre-Olympic training, hoping to …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian

News 18  

Hailing from Idukki, Kerala, Sajan Prakash was the only Indian male to represent India in swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He holds a number of national and Asian records and is the first Indian swimmer to breach the FINA ‘A’ Olympic Qualification time when the swimmer set national record timing of 1:56:38 in the 200m butterfly event in the …

Swimmer Sajan Prakash Sets Sights on Reaching Semis at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Swimmer Sajan Prakash Sets Sights on Reaching Semis at Tokyo Olympics

News 18  

Having sealed an automatic berth in the Tokyo Olympics with an ‘A’ qualification — the first Indian swimmer to do so — Sajan Prakash has set reaching the semifinals at the Games as his target. “My realistic target at the Tokyo Olympics is to cut down another 0.5 seconds from my current time,” he said at a media interaction facilitated …

SFI nominates Sajan Prakash for Arjuna, Kamlesh Nanavati for Dhyan Chand award
3 years, 5 months ago

SFI nominates Sajan Prakash for Arjuna, Kamlesh Nanavati for Dhyan Chand award

The Hindu  

Sajan Prakash, the first-ever Indian swimmer to achieve direct qualification for the Olympics, has been recommended for the Arjuna award by India's Swimming Federation. The SFI also nominated veteran coach Kamlesh Nanavati for the Dhyan Chand Award, for his lifetime contributions to aquatic sports. We believe this achievement will place his nomination for the Arjuna Award at the forefront amongst …

Tokyo 2020: Swimming Federation of India nominates Olympics-bound Sajan Prakash for Arjuna Award
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Swimming Federation of India nominates Olympics-bound Sajan Prakash for Arjuna Award

India Today  

Swimming Federation of India on Saturday has nominated Sajan Prakash for the coveted Arjuna award. The 27-year-old from Kerala scripted history last week by breaching the ''A'' standard time for the Tokyo Games, clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men''s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy. "By making the A qualification for Tokyo 2020 in the …

SFI nominates Sajan Prakash for Arjuna Award, veteran coach Kamlesh Nanavati for Dhyan Chand Award
3 years, 5 months ago

SFI nominates Sajan Prakash for Arjuna Award, veteran coach Kamlesh Nanavati for Dhyan Chand Award

Firstpost  

This is the second consecutive year Prakash, who is set to compete in his second Olympics in Tokyo, has been recommended for the Arjuna. New Delhi: Sajan Prakash, first-ever Indian swimmer to achieve a direct qualification for the Olympics, has been recommended for the coveted Arjuna award by the Swimming Federation of India. The SFI has also nominated veteran coach …

Kerala inspector Sajan Prakash makes a dive to represent India at Tokyo Olympics!
3 years, 5 months ago

Kerala inspector Sajan Prakash makes a dive to represent India at Tokyo Olympics!

Hindustan Times  

Sajan Prakash scripted history on June 26, 2021, as he became the first Indian swimmer to breach the ‘A’ qualification mark, and book a berth to Tokyo Olympics! There are many people who provided me with a support system, to be able to achieve this, and I’m glad I didn’t let them down,” says the 27-year-old as he catches a …

Maana Patel becomes first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Maana Patel becomes first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

India Today  

Promising athlete Maana Patel made history on Friday as she became the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through the 'Universality quota'. Maana Patel, 21, will join Sajan Prakash and Srihari Natarajan in India's swimming squad for this month's Summer Olympics which will take place in Japan's capital city from July 23 to August 8. …

Sajan Prakash's Coach S Pradeep Kumar on Swimmer's 'Realistic' Tokyo 2020 Chances
3 years, 5 months ago

Sajan Prakash's Coach S Pradeep Kumar on Swimmer's 'Realistic' Tokyo 2020 Chances

News 18  

India’s top butterfly swimmer, Sajan Prakash, may have surprised many with his 1:56.38s in 200m butterfly in Rome last Saturday and become the first Indian to make it to the Olympics with the ‘A’ qualification time. And here, we got through by a whisker.” Kumar said what Prakash did last Saturday would be a game-changer in Indian swimming. We tried …

EXCLUSIVE: How Sajan Prakash Overcame Career-threatening Injury to Make Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: How Sajan Prakash Overcame Career-threatening Injury to Make Tokyo Olympics

News 18  

It was a case of now or never for India’s Sajan Prakash at the 58th Sette Colli Trophy in Rome last Saturday. Having missed the Tokyo Olympics ‘A’ qualification mark of one minute, 56.48 seconds in the 200m butterfly by 0.48 seconds at the Belgrade Trophy swimming championships in the Serbian capital city the previous Saturday, Prakash had one last …

Tokyo 2020: Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualifies for Olympics after FINA's confirmation
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualifies for Olympics after FINA's confirmation

India Today  

Indian swimmer Srihari Natraj has officially booked himself a Tokyo Olympics berth on Wednesday after the sport's world governing body FINA approved his 'A’ standard qualification time in the men's 100m backstroke time trial at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. ".Srihari Nataraj Olympic qualification time of 53.77 swam in the time trial at the Sette Colli Trophy is affirmed …

How Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash created history in Rome
3 years, 5 months ago

How Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash created history in Rome

Live Mint  

In the ‘Eternal City’ of Rome, it took Sajan Prakash less than two minutes to create history. A day after Prakash’s feat, fellow Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj made the ‘A’ mark as well, with a 53.77-second finish in a 100m backstroke time trial at the SetteColli. “But luck is what we make happen sometimes.” But luck isn’t the word you’d …

Swimming Federation Announces Rs 5 Lakh Cash Reward for Olympic-bound Sajan Prakash
3 years, 5 months ago

Swimming Federation Announces Rs 5 Lakh Cash Reward for Olympic-bound Sajan Prakash

News 18  

Swimming Federation of India on Monday announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for Sajan Prakash who scripted history by becoming the first swimmer from the country to earn a direct qualification for the Olympics. Prakash qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday by breaching the ‘A’ standard time, clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly event …

Sajan Prakash to get Rs 5 lakh cash reward from Swimming Federation of India for breaching 'A' standard time
3 years, 5 months ago

Sajan Prakash to get Rs 5 lakh cash reward from Swimming Federation of India for breaching 'A' standard time

Firstpost  

Prakash qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday by breaching the ‘A’ standard time, clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy. “SFI president Shri RN Jayaprakash announced a personal cash award of Rs 5 lac to Sajan Prakash, who is the first Indian to achieve the Olympic ‘A’ qualification …

SFI announces Rs 5 lakh cash reward for Tokyo 2020-bound Sajan Prakash
3 years, 5 months ago

SFI announces Rs 5 lakh cash reward for Tokyo 2020-bound Sajan Prakash

The Hindu  

The Swimming Federation of India on Monday announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for Sajan Prakash, who scripted history by becoming the first swimmer from the country to earn a direct qualification for the Olympics. Prakash qualified for the Tokyo Games on Saturday by breaching the 'A' standard time, clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men's 200m butterfly event …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj breaches 'A' standard, awaiting FINA approval on timing
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj breaches 'A' standard, awaiting FINA approval on timing

Firstpost  

Nataraj had come agonisingly close to breaching the ‘A’ standard in the same event a couple of days back but missed it by 0.05 second after an effort of 53.90 seconds. Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj on Sunday breached the ‘A’ standard time for the Tokyo Games by clocking 53.77s in the men’s 100m backstroke at the Sette Colli Trophy …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sajan Prakash becomes first-ever Indian to breach qualification mark for Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sajan Prakash becomes first-ever Indian to breach qualification mark for Games

Firstpost  

The Games ‘‘A’’ standard was set at 1:56.48 seconds and the 27-year-old Prakash completed the run 0.10 seconds faster at the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifier. Sajan Prakash on Saturday became the first-ever Indian swimmer to qualify for the Olympic Games by breaching the ‘‘A’’ standard time, clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in …

Swimmers Srihari Nataraj, Maana Patel nominated for Universality places in Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 6 months ago

Swimmers Srihari Nataraj, Maana Patel nominated for Universality places in Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel have been nominated by the Swimming Federation of India for the Universality Places for the Tokyo Olympics. Even as Srihari Nataraj is chasing the ‘A’ qualification spot, which if achieved would get him a direct entry for the Games, the Swimming Federation had to make the nominations to meet the nomination deadline of June 20. …

Belgrade Swimming: Indians Win 3 Gold, All Miss Olympic Qualification
3 years, 6 months ago

Belgrade Swimming: Indians Win 3 Gold, All Miss Olympic Qualification

News 18  

India’s Sajan Prakash won gold in the men’s 200 meters butterfly event in the Belgrade Open Swimming competition, but narrowly missed qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Prakash, 27, clocked one minute 56.96 seconds, but fell short of the ‘A’ qualification time of 1 minute 56.48 seconds late on Saturday. Six Indian swimmers, including Prakash, have achieved the ‘B’ qualification …

Olympic preparation going haywire as top players prefer to train individually
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympic preparation going haywire as top players prefer to train individually

Hindustan Times  

The preparation of the Olympic-bound Indian table tennis contingent seems to be going nowhere with leading players G Sathiyan and Manika Batra confirming their unavailability for the proposed training camp in Sonepat from June 20. With the coronavirus-induced restrictions already affecting the players' preparations for the July-August Tokyo Games, top players preferring to work with their individual coaches is also …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Olympic preparation going haywire as India's top table tennis players prefer to train individually
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Olympic preparation going haywire as India's top table tennis players prefer to train individually

Firstpost  

After not getting his Denmark visa for training, Sharath Kamal is looking forward to the national camp in Sonepat but his preparations would be incomplete if he is not able to train with mixed doubles partner Manika Batra. New Delhi: The preparation of the Olympic-bound Indian table tennis contingent seems to be going nowhere with leading players G Sathiyan and …

Indian swimming team leaves for Olympic qualifying event in Uzbekistan
3 years, 8 months ago

Indian swimming team leaves for Olympic qualifying event in Uzbekistan

The Hindu  

A 13-member Indian team, including Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj, will leave for Tashkent on Friday to compete at the Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championship, a Tokyo Olympic qualifying event. Apart from Olympic B qualifiers Nataraj and Prakash who are hoping to make the A qualification for the Tokyo Games, the team comprises other seniors like Maana Patel, Shivani Kataria and …

Indian swimmers leave for Tokyo Olympic qualifiers in Tashkent
3 years, 8 months ago

Indian swimmers leave for Tokyo Olympic qualifiers in Tashkent

Firstpost  

The team is accompanied by seasoned coaches Nihar Ameen, Pradeep Kumar and Asian Games medallist swimmer turned coach Sandeep Sejwal, a media release said. Bengaluru: A 13-member Indian team, including Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj, will leave for Tashkent on Friday to compete at the Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championship, a Tokyo Olympic qualifying event. “With most international meets not accessible …

Srihari, Kushagra capable, but Tokyo Olympics too early for A-mark: Sokolovas
3 years, 10 months ago

Srihari, Kushagra capable, but Tokyo Olympics too early for A-mark: Sokolovas

The Hindu  

Top Indian swimmers like Srihari Natraj and Kushagra Rawat had the potential to achieve the elusive A-mark Olympic Qualifying Time, but the Tokyo Games may be too soon for that, felt Genadijus Sokolovas, renowned physiologist and sports science expert who has in the past worked with legends like Michael Phelps. RELATED| “They have so much room to be faster,” Sokolovas …

Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat: India's Olympic Hopeful in Swimming to Train in Dubai
4 years, 4 months ago

Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat: India's Olympic Hopeful in Swimming to Train in Dubai

News 18  

Three of India’s top swimmers will begin two months of training in Dubai next month, sports officials said on Saturday, ending an agonising wait that drove one of them to the verge of retirement ahead of next year’s Tokyo Olympics. That now looks unlikely after the Sports Authority of India announced Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat will train at …

Olympic probable swimmers to resume training in Dubai: SAI
4 years, 4 months ago

Olympic probable swimmers to resume training in Dubai: SAI

The Hindu  

India's fastest swimmer, Virdhawal Khade will resume his training along with other Olympic probables in Dubai. Three Indian Olympic probable swimmers Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat will resume their training early next month in Dubai after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sports Authority of India said on Saturday. “Sports Authority of India has approved …

Olympic probable swimmers to resume training in Dubai: SAI
4 years, 4 months ago

Olympic probable swimmers to resume training in Dubai: SAI

The Hindu  

Three Indian Olympic probable swimmers Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat will resume their training early next month in Dubai after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sports Authority of India said on Saturday. “Sports Authority of India has approved two months training for three Olympic probable swimmers who will be accompanied with a coach at …

Swimming Federation of India May Organise a Training Camp Outside India if Pools Remain Out of Bounds Due to Covid
4 years, 4 months ago

Swimming Federation of India May Organise a Training Camp Outside India if Pools Remain Out of Bounds Due to Covid

News 18  

The Swimming Federation of India on Tuesday said it will look to organise a training camp for its Olympic hopefuls outside the country if pools are not permitted to reopen in the third phase of relaxations to end the Covid-19 lockdown. The third phase of 'Unlock' starts on August 3 and SFI Secretary General Monal Chokshi told PTI that the …

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