Chahat steals the limelight on final day

Chahat steals the limelight on final day

Chahat Arora bettered the National record twice on her way to winning the women’s 100m gold medal on the concluding day of the National aquatic championships at the Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex here on Saturday. The 25-year-old from Punjab first clocked 1:14.38 in the heats to improve upon her previous record of 1:14.42, set […]

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Swimming Federation of India taking steps to give diving a facelift

Swimming Federation of India taking steps to give diving a facelift

Diving may be a spectacular Olympic sport with a huge fan following, but it is yet to make a mark in India. After several decades of neglect, the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is making efforts to build an identity for diving — which has two Arjuna awardees, Bajrangi Prasad (1961) and Manjari Bhargava (1974). […]

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Lineysha swims to new record in 200m breaststroke

Lineysha swims to new record in 200m breaststroke

Karnataka’s A.K. Lineysha stunned everyone, including herself, by winning the women’s 200m breaststroke crown with a new meet record in the National aquatic championships at the Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex here on Thursday. Lineysha, who will turn 15 in November, clocked 2:39.38 to improve seven seconds over her previous best performance. She went past […]

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Richa staves off Shrungi’s challenge in women’s 400m medley

Richa staves off Shrungi’s challenge in women’s 400m medley

Olympian Maana Patel won the 200m backstroke comfortably at the senior National aquatic championship Olympian Maana Patel won the 200m backstroke comfortably at the senior National aquatic championship Seasoned swimmer Richa Mishra pushed herself to the women’s 400m medley title in the National aquatic championships at the Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex here on Wednesday. […]

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