Olympic medallist pulls out of Tokyo trials, says 'you can no longer exploit young women and girls'
Double Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves has pulled out of Australia's swimming trials for the Tokyo Games, citing "misogynistic perverts in sport".
Jun 10, 2021, 15:34 PM IST
Tokyo Games: Cancer-surviving swimmer books her Olympic berth
Rikako Ikee was overcome with tears in the water after the race, and could barely speak out of the water later, sniffling and crying at the same time.
Apr 05, 2021, 10:25 AM IST
Film star R Madhavan’s son Vedaant wins swimming bronze medal
Tanish (1:53.03) and Vedaant (16:28.25) who broke their personal records won a bronze medal in 200m freestyle and in 1500m freestyle, respectively. 15-year-old Vedaant Madhavan, clocked a personal best time in the endurance event, improving upon the 17:25.41 which he clocked at the same meet in Rajkot.
Mar 03, 2021, 11:45 AM IST
Heart Touching: Some stains are really good!
Heart touching story of father-son relationship.
Dec 17, 2020, 08:12 AM IST
Paralympians share their lockdown-induced practice routines using new voice Tweets feature
Para-swimmer and former Junior World Champion, Niranjan Mukundan, whose swimming prowess is well-known to all, is looking at the brighter side of this lockdown experience.
Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 AM IST
Katrina Kaif's underwater swim with a whale is the most beautiful thing on the internet today - Watch
Bollywood stunner Katrina Kaif's social media posts often hog the limelight and this time when she shared a beautiful throwback video of her swimming underwater it had to go viral for all the right reasons!
Jun 09, 2020, 10:40 AM IST
Former Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin, husband Ethan Hall expecting second baby
Former Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin of United States has revealed that she and husband Ethan Hall are expecting second child.
May 31, 2020, 17:25 PM IST
FINA postpones World Aquatics Championships to 2022
Meanwhile, FINA also announced that FINA World Masters Championships will take place from May 31 to June 9,2020 across the island of Kyushu in Japan.
May 04, 2020, 15:33 PM IST
Diving, artistic swimming Olympic qualifying events postponed
The Diving Grand Prix in Singapore, which was to be held during March 29-31, is cancelled.
Riddhi Bohra subdues injuries to win swimming silver at Khelo India University Games
Riddhi Bohra can playfully claim that she has come in between two fiercely loyal and close twin sisters.
Feb 25, 2020, 14:07 PM IST
Salman Khan takes a deep dive with cool kids
Salman's fans loved his new outing and showered him with praise on Twitter.
Oct 09, 2019, 18:33 PM IST
Peru swimmer Mauricio Fiol withdraws from Pan Am Games after failed doping test
For the second successive Pan Am Games, Fiol has been caught up in doping controversy as four years ago he lost the silver medal he won in the 200 metres butterfly race after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol
Aug 03, 2019, 09:56 AM IST
World Swimming Championships: Lilly King loses to 14-year-old Benedetta Pilato in 50m breaststroke
Pilato was the only swimmer to dip below 30 seconds, touching in a time of 29.98, with King second quickest in 30.18.
Jul 27, 2019, 16:46 PM IST
Swimming: Australia's Shayna Jack admits to positive dope test
The 20-year-old freestyle swimmer, who won two relay silvers and a bronze at the 2017 world championships, made the admission in an Instagram post.
Jul 27, 2019, 16:21 PM IST
Swimming: Tokyo Olympics medal hopeful Rikako Ikee diagnosed with leukemia
The 18-year-old was named Japanese Swimmer of the Year last month after her record-breaking exploits in the Jakarta pool.
Feb 12, 2019, 12:39 PM IST
Asian Games 2018: Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Natraj advance to finals with new national records
Khade clocked 24.09sec to top Heat 2 in 50m butterfly and was placed fifth overall while Natraj moved to the final in 200m backstroke with a timing of 2:02.97 placing him seventh overall.
Aug 23, 2018, 11:36 AM IST
Asian Games 2018: Bajrang Punia wins 1st gold, Apurvi Chandela- Ravi Kumar take bronze on Day 1
Chandela and Ravi bagged bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event while Bajrang won a gold in freestyle Wrestling under 65 kg category.
Aug 19, 2018, 23:20 PM IST
Frenchman swimmer Ben Lecomte begins Pacific Ocean crossing attempt
Long distance swimmer Ben Lecomte set off from Japan’s east coast on Tuesday in his bid to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean.
Jun 05, 2018, 12:49 PM IST
CWG 2018: Campbell sisters power Australia to swimming world record
Cate Campbell powered Australia to a world record in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Thursday, demonstrating that her year off to recover mentally from a disappointing Rio Olympics had worked wonders.
Apr 05, 2018, 19:52 PM IST
Olympic champion Adam Peaty to give 200m breaststroke a miss at CWG
Olympic breaststroke champion Adam Peaty has chosen not to race in Thursday`s 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games to focus on his specialist 100 and 50m events. The 23-year-old Englishman, who broke his own world record en route to winning 100m Olympic gold in Rio two years ago, defends his Commonwealth title in the 100m on Friday at the Gold Coast meet.
Apr 04, 2018, 14:04 PM IST
