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Rujuta wrests spotlight by breaking Shikha Tandon’s 20-year-old sprint meet record

Maharashtra’s Rujuta Khade wrested the spotlight on the third evening of the 76th National Aquatics Championships by improving on the women’s 50m Freestyle Meet Record that was set by Shikha…

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Sajan Prakash earns Tokyo2020 trip with hard work and by keeping clutter away from mind

He was in the pool in Rome for less than two minutes on Saturday but whipped up much attention for his sport and a fair amount of passion back home…

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Maana Patel stages a comeback to share spotlight with consistent Kenisha Gupta

Maana Patel rode on a quick first 50m to hold off Serbian Jana Markovic’s challenge and force a deadheat for the first place in the women’s 100 Backstroke in the…

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Sajan rewrites National Record; One slow lap each keeps two Indians away from automatic Olympic berths

Sajan Prakash rewrote his own men’s 200m Butterfly National Record with a fantastic effort (1:56.96) but fell short of the Olympic Qualification Time by 0.48 seconds in the Belgrade Trophy…

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Srihari, Sajan will have find own pace in Belgrade races

Backstroker Srihari Nataraj and Butterfly specialist Sajan Prakash, chasing the Olympic Qualifying Times, will have to find their own pace in the Belgrade Trophy 2021 swimming championships in Belgrade, Serbia,…

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FINA places stamp of approval on controversial times by Uzbekistan’s Olympic qualifiers

The World Swimming Federation’s (FINA) has stunningly given its stamp of approval to the controversially fast times clocked by home swimmers to qualify for Tokyo2020 in the Uzbekistan Open Swimming…

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Likhit urges FINA to investigate Uzbek ploy of manipulating times in Olympic qualifier

Indian swimmer Likhit Selvaraj Prema has called upon the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to investigate the conduct of recent Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championships, an Olympic Games qualifying event, in Tashkent….

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Srihari Nataraj completes Backstroke double, setting new National Record in 50m as well

Srihari Nataraj clocked a third National Record time inside two days, winning the men’s 50m Backstroke in 25.11 seconds at the Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championships in Tashkent on Saturday. It…

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Srihari Nataraj rewrites National Record twice, but remains on Olympic waitlist

Sajan Prakash completed a hat-trick with the men’s 400m Freestyle gold but it was Srihari Nataraj’s gallant effort to improve the National Record in the men’s 100m Backstroke twice in…

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Sajan, Kenisha pick up second gold each in Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championships

Indians picked up five gold and three silver in a total of 10 medals on the second day of the Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championships in Tashkent on Wednesday.  Sajan Prakash…

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