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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
The absence of defending champion Caeleb Dressel from the men’s 50m butterfly event opened the door for Thomas Ceccon who touched the wall in 22.68 seconds to win Italy’s first … Read More
Teenage swim sensation Aryan Nehra equalled the ‘best Indian time’ to finish 27th in the 800m freesyle event at the swimming World Championships here on Tuesday. The 19-year-old clocked a … Read More
Romanian swim star David Popovici said he felt “awful” after finishing fourth in a stunning upset in the men’s 200m freestyle at swimming’s world championships on Tuesday. Popovici is one … Read More
American Katie Ledecky claimed her 20th world swimming title on Tuesday after winning the women’s 1,500m freestyle. Ledecky came home in 15 minutes and 26.27 seconds to finish ahead of … Read More
Swimming officials gave World Aquatics president Husain al-Musallam an eight-year mandate on Tuesday to lead them and backed his plan to move the organisation’s headquarters to Hungary, where the government … Read More
