World Junior Swimming Championships | Apeksha Fernandes becomes first Indian woman to reach final, finishes eighth

World Junior Swimming Championships | Apeksha Fernandes becomes first Indian woman to reach final, finishes eighth

In the heats, 17-year-old Apeksha Fernandes had rewritten her own ‘Best Indian Time’ of 2:18.18 to qualify for the final In the heats, 17-year-old Apeksha Fernandes had rewritten her own ‘Best Indian Time’ of 2:18.18 to qualify for the final Apeksha Fernandes, the first Indian woman to reach the final of the World Junior Swimming […]

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Commonwealth Games: No medal, but Srihari garners immense credit

Commonwealth Games: No medal, but Srihari garners immense credit

‘It’s important to focus on both positives and negatives and not just on what went wrong’ ‘It’s important to focus on both positives and negatives and not just on what went wrong’ Srihari Nataraj may not have secured a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, but he no doubt emerged with immense credit. […]

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Teens Popovici and McIntosh grab world swimming golds

Teens Popovici and McIntosh grab world swimming golds

Popovici claimed victory in one of Dressel’s events, the men’s 100m freestyle, and McIntosh won the women’s 200m butterfly Popovici claimed victory in one of Dressel’s events, the men’s 100m freestyle, and McIntosh won the women’s 200m butterfly After Caeleb Dressel, one of the veterans expected to dominate the World Swimming Championships, quit the competition […]

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43rd edition of V.K. Pahuja swimming bulletin released

43rd edition of V.K. Pahuja swimming bulletin released

The 42nd edition of the V.K. Pahuja swimming bulletin was released by the former Union Sports Minister JItendra Singh here on Thursday. The 450-page bulletin, spread over six interesting sections, has been compiled by V.K. Pahuja’s daughter Dr. Meenakshi Pahuja. Featuring local, National, and international records, the book also has a compilation of all Indian […]

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Gold for Srihari, Mihir and Aneesh

Gold for Srihari, Mihir and Aneesh

Olympian Srihari Nataraj, Mihir Ambre and Aneesh Gowda won golds in the 17 th Singapore National swimming championships here on Thursday. National record holder Nataraj clocked 55.32s for the 100m backstroke gold while Ambre produced a personal best 24.66s for the 50m butterfly title. Meanwhile, Gowda won the 800m freestyle gold in 8:14.08s. In the […]

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World swimming adopts new policy for transgender athletes

World swimming adopts new policy for transgender athletes

The 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category The 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category World swimming’s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favour of […]

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Aneesh and Srihari swim to gold

Thiruvananthapuram dominates in athletics, swimming

With many of the top athletes staying away from the meet, the athletic events of the Kerala Olympic Games failed to produce any sparks at the University stadium here on Saturday. Quality performances were at a premium even as Thiruvananthapuram finished at the top with three gold medals at the end of the first day’s […]

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