Tag: Swimming
Palak Joshi breaks Maana’s 200m Backstroke record to sight Asian Games ticket
Palak Joshi (Maharashtra) scripted a new women’s 200m Backstroke National Record and put her hand up for selection in the Indian team for the Asian Games later this year with…
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…
Aryan Nehra confirms Asian Games trip with fine victory in 800m Freestyle
Gujarat’s Aryan Nehra left no one in any doubt that he would be on board a flight to Hangzhou for the Asian Games when he confirmed his form by getting…
Ageless Virdhawal Khade books himself a ticket to fifth Asian Games competition
Virdhawal Khade primed himself for another crack in an Asian Games Swimming competition even as Aryan Nehra, Maana Patel, Nina Venkatesh and AK Linyesha were busy rewriting National Records on…
Explained: Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ success revives Biology debate in Sport
Biology, Human Rights, Sex and Gender Identity. All these terms have returned to the sports pages and discussions elsewhere. From elite athletes to lawyers, from activists to college athletes. Everyone…
India’s quest for sporting glory: the road ahead calls for more teamwork
You can reach out and feel the euphoria that is hanging in the air ever since Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra ended India’s Olympic Games gold medal drought across 2012 and…
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…
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,…
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….
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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