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Dressel wins US Olympic swimming gold; Aussie beats Ledecky

Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming Monday, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra win

Manu Bhaker disappoints on Day 2 as she bows out in 10m Air Pistol qualification round. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

Was depressed, wanted to quit swimming: Maana Patel recalls injury struggle

Representing India at the Olympics, like for several others, is a dream come true for swimmer Maana Patel, but it's a reality the youngster would have struggled to even imagine four years ago

Swimmers have done well to qualify with 'A' cuts: Sebastian Xavier

An Olympian who competed in 1996 Atlanta and three consecutive Asian Games from 1990 onwards, Xavier is currently a senior sports officer with the Indian Railways.

FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers from Olympics for anti-doping violations

Two Russian swimmers set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics were provisionally suspended for anti-doping violations by world governing body FINA

It's official: Srihari Nataraj qualifies for Tokyo Olympics 2021

Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj officially booked himself a Tokyo Olympics berth on Wednesday after the sport's world governing body FINA approved his 'A' standard qualification time

Dressel, Ledecky lead powerful US swim team headed to Tokyo Olympics 2021

With Michael Phelps 5 years into retirement, the stage is set in Tokyo for Caeleb Dressel. Katie Ledecky is ready to extend her dominance, competing in four individual events plus relays at Olympics

Olympics 2021 qualification: Indian swimmers may compete in Europe in June

Top Indian swimmers could not compete in an Olympic Games qualification event in Monaco last week as the French government didn't exempt the 10-day quarantine rule for them

Indian swimming team leaves for Olympic qualifying event in Uzbekistan

A 13-member Indian team, including Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj, will leave for Tashkent on Friday to compete at the Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championship, a Tokyo Olympic qualifying event. Starting from April 12 in the Uzbekistan capital, it is a FINA accredited Olympic qualifier. Apart from Olympic B qualifiers Nataraj and Prakash who are hoping to make the A qualification for the Tokyo Games, the team comprises other seniors like Maana Patel, Shivani Kataria and a few TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) development group swimmers. The team is accompanied by seasoned coaches Nihar Ameen, Pradeep Kumar and Asian Games medallist swimmer turned coach Sandeep Sejwal, a media release said. This will be the first international meet for Indian swimmers since the COVID-19 lockdown in March last year. The top Indian swimmers have been in a national camp organised by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) since January 11 at the TOPS National Centre of Excellence here. While their .

Bengaluru teenage swimmer Nataraj looks to crack Olympic qualification mark

Srihari Nataraj will aim to crack 'A' qualification mark for Olympics in the men's 100 metres backstroke event when he splashes the pool in the Uzbekistan Open Summer Swimming Championships

US Olympic swim trials to allow 50% capacity

The US Olympic swimming trials will allow about 50% capacity for the June competition in Omaha, Nebraska. A temporary pool will be installed at the CHI Health Center arena, which is to host the trials for the fourth straight time. The arena near downtown Omaha normally seats about 14,000 for swimming, but that will be cut in half to mitigate the potential spread of the coronavirus. Since more than 90% of tickets were sold for the trials in their original date in 2020, USA Swimming plans a complete refund. An entirely new sale will begin April 16. The governing body already took the unprecedented step of dividing the trials into two parts. Lower-ranked swimmers will compete June 4-7. The top finishers from that group advance to the second part June 13-20, which will feature the country's top-ranked swimmers and leading medal contenders for the Tokyo Games. USA Swimming split the meet to lessen the number of competitors and support personnel on the main pool desk and practice

Top swimming events for Olympic qualification cancelled

The international swimming federation, FINA, has cancelled three major aquatics events in Tokyo -- which were supposed to double up as Olympic test events -- dealing a massive blow to the organisers

US Olympic swimming trials split into two meets because of Covid-19

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials will be split into two meets, a radical change designed to provide safer conditions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sports Authority sanctions two-month training in Dubai for swimmers

Eyeing Olympic berths, Indian swimmers Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat will resume their training later this month in Dubai after a long hiatus, the Sports Authority of India

European swimming championships moved to May 2021 over coronavirus

In a statement, LEN president Paolo Barelli revealed that the championships would stay in Budapest and be held between May 10-23 after having been provisionally rescheduled for August this year

Covid-19: Fina postpones diving, artistic swimming Olympics qualifiers

Fina also announced that it would push off the Fina Diving World Series from March 27-29 in London, and the Fina Diving Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur originally set for June 5-7

Swimming against the tide

Michael Phelps showed why leaders should get comfortable with being uncomfortable

Ligandrol: What is it and how swimmer Shayna Jack had it in her system

While it has been studied as a treatment for cancer and other conditions where patients experience muscle weakness and wastage, it is banned for use by professional athletes

Drowning at midlife? Start swimming

The nonconformist in me decided that if every other forty-something woman was having a crisis, I was going to consciously decide not to have one

Learning to swim at 75. Why not?

If you like stories about courageous people with terrible handicaps who surmount insurmountable odds to attain a glorious triumph and then run around high-fiving everyone and shrieking "whoo" while stirring music plays in the background, this isn't the one for you. But I did learn to swim at age 75. That's worth something, no? Maybe a seal clapping ironically?Tragically, I never acquired this mundane skill at the proper age because after my parents went down on the Titanic, I couldn't bear being around water. That's a pathetic lie. I was just a little scaredy-cat, is all. I remember being delivered to the YMCA pool in downtown Schenectady, New York, for group lessons. Imagine my horror: A pack of bloodthirsty savages intent on mayhem (i.e. eight-year-old boys) shoving, yelling, kicking and splashing each other, while one frazzled adult tries in vain to maintain order and give instruction. Make that naked savages - no swimsuits, for some reason - rendering me even more vulnerable. And t