Great to win the best athlete award at the National Games, says veteran swimmer: Sajan Prakash

Great to win the best athlete award at the National Games, says veteran swimmer: Sajan Prakash

‘As Kerala’s best medal hope, I was looking to participate in as many events and was not looking at the timings’ ‘As Kerala’s best medal hope, I was looking to participate in as many events and was not looking at the timings’ Seven years after his sensational debut at the National Games in Kerala, Sajan […]

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Advait Page, Bhavya Sachdeva hog limelight in National Games swimming

Advait Page, Bhavya Sachdeva hog limelight in National Games swimming

Lakshya breaks record twice in the 200m breaststroke; Karnataka’s women set a new mark in the 4x100m medley relay Lakshya breaks record twice in the 200m breaststroke; Karnataka’s women set a new mark in the 4x100m medley relay Advait Page swam well within himself yet he dominated the men’s 1500m freestyle to set a new […]

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Veteran Richa faces challenge from gen-next in the National Games swimming events

Veteran Richa faces challenge from gen-next in the National Games swimming events

Eighteen-year-old Shrungi Bandekar, who was the star of the recent Khelo India University Games, will be Richa’s main rival Eighteen-year-old Shrungi Bandekar, who was the star of the recent Khelo India University Games, will be Richa’s main rival The past, present, and future of Indian swimming have assembled to make the field competitive when the […]

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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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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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