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National Games 2022: Srihari Nataraj wins 100m freestyle swimming gold med
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Srihari Nataraj of Karnataka competed at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex in Rajkot and set a new National Games record with a time of 50.41 seconds to add to his collection of gold.
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National Games 2022: Sajan Prakash, Hashika Ramachandra win gold medals in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sajan Prakash, competing at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex in Ahemdabad, beat tough competition from Madhya Pradesh's Advait Page in the men's 400-meter freestyle and Karnataka's S Siva in the 200-meter individual medley to increase his personal gold medal total at this edition to five.
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National Games: Karnataka teenager Hashika claims fourth gold in swimming
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Favourite Hrutika Shriram stayed on course to repeat the golden hattrick by winning the Women's 10m Platform event. Though she was self-admittedly not at her best, she did her dives well enough to pick up her second gold in three days and her 10th crown in four editions of the National Games
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National Games: Teen star Aneesh Gowda remains humble in victory
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Aneesh Gowda has been extremely happy in the past few weeks. He notched up personal best times in two of the three Freestyle events that he raced in at Lima, Peru in the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. From there, he flew to Guwahati for the SFI National Championships where he won
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National Games: Sajan Prakash wins gold medal in 200m butterfly swimming
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Olympian Sajan Prakash, representing Kerala, clocked 1:59.56 in the final to win the gold, beating his own National Games record set at the previous edition in Kerala.
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Swimming begins with butterfly specialist Astha Choudhury setting a Nation
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Astha Choudhury clocked 1:03.91 in the 100m Butterfly heats to take the Games record from Richa Mishra, who set it at 1:04.41 in Ranchi in 2011. Incidentally, the Butterfly specialist had clocked 1:03.07 in Guwahati last month to claim the National Record too.
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National Games Swimming preview: India's best will make waves in Rajkot po
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sajan Prakash emerged the Best Male Athlete of the 2015 National Games in his home state after bagging a phenomenal six gold and three silver medals. Besides him and backstroke specialist Srihari Nataraj, who is aiming to shine in the Freestyle sprints, Siva Sridhar (Karnataka) and a host of
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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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New study demonstrates how whales protect their brains while swimming
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): According to a new study, unique blood arteries in whale brains may protect whales from dangerous blood pulses caused by swimming.
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Garba with a twist: People in Udaipur perform Garba in swimming pool
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 24 (ANI): Navratri preparations are in full swing across the country. As one of the main highlights of Navratri celebrations in the country is traditional dance form "Garba", people in Udaipur are gearing up to unleash their dancing avatars in full f
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Study suggests cold water swimming may not reap as many health benefits as
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): Taking a dip in cold water may cut 'bad' body fat in men and reduce the risk of disorders such as diabetes, suggests a major scientific review.
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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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