Category: Swimming

Katie Ledecky has never gone home with anything other than a gold or silver medal in the Olympics or world championships dating from the 2012 London Games. But it might … Read More

Caeleb Dressel failed to qualify for the biggest swim meet of the year. Simone Manuel didn’t even try. Adam Peaty is taking an extended break to deal with mental health … Read More

Two weeks after its triumphant SAFF Championship campaign, Indian football received a rude jolt as a ‘selection criteria’ set by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs ruled out its … Read More

Australian teen Sam Short won the men’s 400m freestyle at swimming’s world championships in Fukuoka on Sunday, pipping Tunisia’s Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui to the title. The 19-year-old was on … Read More

Ariarne Titmus reclaimed her 400m freestyle world record and took gold after a dominant win over rivals Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh at the world championships on Sunday. Titmus came … Read More

VG Baskar is someone who is petrified of water. Ironically, he married Chethana Konethota, a third-generation state-level swimmer, continuing in the footsteps of her mother and grandfather. The newly-wed couple … Read More

Leon Marchand has broken Michael Phelps’ world record in the men’s 400-metre individual medley in a time of four minutes, 2.50 seconds. Phelps set the old record of 4:03.84 at … Read More

Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj came up with a season-best time but failed to qualify for the semifinals of the men’s 100m backstroke event at the World Championships on Monday. The … Read More

China’s Zhang Yufei won the women’s 100m butterfly at the swimming world championships in Japan on Monday. Zhang finished in 56.12sec, ahead of Canadian Olympic champion Maggie MacNeil on 56.45 … Read More

China’s Qin Haiyang won the men’s 100m breaststroke at the world championships in Japan on Monday. Qin came home in 57.69sec to finish ahead of Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi, American Nic … Read More