India plans to host Olympic qualifying swimming event
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States decline to send teams, national swimming cancelled. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 10 : The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) plans to host an International Swimming Federation (FINA)-accredited competition in June to provide exposure to top Indian swimmers, said SFI s secretary general Monal Chokshi.
Due to strict Covid-related protocols, it is becoming increasingly difficult to compete in competitions outside the country either on the Asian or European circuit, said Chokshi. He pointed out that several countries like Singapore or Thailand aren t allowing foreigners to compete in the events without having going through the mandatory quarantine rules due to the pandemic.
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Months before Nisha Millet made her debut at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000, she stumbled upon the bewildering world of biomechanics and underwater cameras. She was 18, chasing an Olympic qualifying mark and training in Perth on an IOC scholarship, alongside a bunch of Australian swimmers. Until then, I d never seen an underwater camera in my life, she says, In India, I d been swimming 16 kilometers every day. But there was no science to our training.
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Jiya earlier swam from Elephanta Island to Gateway of India, a distance of 14 Km in three hours, 27 minutes and 30 seconds on February 15 last year. Jiya commenced her record-setting feat in the early morning hours on February 17 at 03: 50 am from Bandra-Worli Sea Link | Photo Credit: Twitter
Mumbai: A 12-year-old daughter of a Naval sailor Madan Rai created history by swimming from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India, a distance of 36 kilometres, in 8 hours and 40 minutes.
The young girl Jiya Rai, a known case of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), dedicated the swimming feat, completed on Wednesday, to raise awareness about Autism, a statement released by the Ministry of Defence said.
Indian swimmers expected to benefit from top physiologist’s visit
By IANS| Published: 20th February 2021 12:38 am IST
Bengaluru, Feb 20 : Renowned physiologist and sports science expert Dr Genadijus Sokolovas arrived here on Friday to conduct the national swimming camp at the Dravid-Padukone Centre for Sports Execellence. His visit is expected to give a boost to senior national campers and developmental swimmers who are part of the TOP Scheme of the sports ministry such as Srihari Nataraj, Kushagra Rawat, and Mihir Ambre.
The coaches, too, will be a part of the programme and will undergo a workshop during Sokolovas’s first-ever visit to India.