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Odisha swimmers make big splash at Thailand Age Group Swimming Championshi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Young swimmers from Odisha dazzled at the recently held Thailand Age Group Swimming Championship 2023 by winning six medals in total.
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My goal is to qualify for Asian Games with faster time in qualifiers: Toky
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"I believe in short-term goals and taking baby steps. My goal for this year is to perform well in Asian Games qualifiers so that I can enter Asian Games with a faster-time. This is the strongest I have felt physically and mentally in the last couple of years. There is a lot of scope for impr
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KIYG 2022: Maharashtra beats Haryana to clinch the title, host MP finishes
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Curtains came down on the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Madhya Pradesh (KIYG2022MP) India's "Youth Olympics", at the beautiful Upper Lake area of the Madhya Pradesh's state capital. Jaiveer Motwani of Maharashtra and Punjab's Jasnoor Kaur, claimed the title of the fastest boy and girl swimmer
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KIYG Day-10: Maharashtra swimmer Apeksha sets new meet record
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While Maharashtra remained on top of the tally with 39 golds, Haryana and hosts Madhya Pradesh are still in a battle for the second spot with the former ahead with 28 golds to MP's 26.
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Khelo India Youth Games gives confidence and platform to future generation
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Apeksha Fernandes is gearing up for the Khelo India Youth Games once again, which is happening for the first time in Madhya Pradesh. Swimming events will be held at Prakash Tarun Pushkar in Bhopal from February 7 to 11. After the Panchkula edition of Khelo India, Apeksha participated in t
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ISRO, Andhra University set up equipment to predict rip currents, prevent
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Rip current is common at all the beaches across the globe. People can enter the waters in rip current zones up to knee-deep levels. Beyond that, the rip current would be unstable due to the strong current floating under the legs. Even professional swimmers can face hardships in swimming
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National Games regains pride of place in mind space of athletes
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The National Games also showed that age is no bar to winning medals. Shauryajit Khaire (Gujarat), at 10, was the youngest to be awarded a medal while Lawn Bowl star Lovely Choubey (Jharkhand), shotgun shooter Seema Tomar (Services) and swimmer Richa Mishra (Madhya Pradesh) were among the old
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Swimmer Richa Mishra hoping to complete half-century of National Games med
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Richa Mishra first participated in the Games in Bangalore in 1997. She skipped the 1999 edition in Imphal as the competition was held in the winter months. The 2001 Games in Punjab did not include swimming in the calendar as Patiala did not have an all-weather pool back then. She has ruled t
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Well-prepared Gujarat swimmers target over a dozen medals
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
As many as 50 medals are at stake in swimming, which will be held in Rajkot from October 2. The swimmers have received full support from the government and have been training at the state-of-the-art swimming pool at the Savi Sports Complex in Ahmedabad for weeks.
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CWG 2022: Srihari Nataraj qualifies for men's 50m backstroke final
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
He qualified with a time of 25.38s in the men's 50m backstroke event.
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Kushagra Rawat finishes last in men's 200m freestyle event in CWG 2022
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], July 30 (ANI): Indian swimmer Kushagra Rawat has failed to qualify for the next stage of the Freestyle Heat event as the swimmer finished 8th with the timing of 1:54.56 in the ongoing CWG 2022 on Saturday.
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CWG 2022: Indian swimmer Srihari Natraj qualifies for final of men's 100 m
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Natraj reached the finals by clocking 54.55s at his event
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