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India's Prabhat Koli scripts history, becomes youngest to complete Oceans Seven challenge
Other Sports | Mar 06, 2023, 07:27 PM ISTThe Oceans Seven is a highly testing challenge. Only a handful of swimmers have managed to complete the seven swims.
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Paralympic Committee of India suspends Prasanta Karmakar for recording video of female swimmers
Other Sports | Mar 01, 2018, 12:51 PM ISTThe Arjuna Awardee has been suspended by the Paralympic Committee of India for three years after the swimmer was found recording a video of female swimmers.
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Watch: In record attempt, Tamil Nadu student swims 5 km with hands and legs tied
India | Mar 03, 2017, 07:53 PM ISTIn a daring feat, a 19-year-old college student hailing from a fisherman's family in Tamil Nadu swam five kms in the Bay of Bengal with his and legs bound with an iron chain. Eyeing a
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23-year-old national level swimmer hangs herself to death
Other Sports | Jan 27, 2017, 11:20 PM ISTA 23-year-old national level swimmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in central Mumbai's Lower Parel, police said today. Tanika Dhara, who had won a silver medal in the one metre springboard
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Brazilian swimmer Etiene Medeiros cleared of doping, to compete at Rio Olympic
Other Sports | Jul 01, 2016, 01:41 PM ISTBrazilian swimmer Etiene Medeiros is free to compete at the Rio Olympic Games in August after being cleared of doping charges.
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Infinite support for Gayakwad
Other Sports | Apr 10, 2014, 07:16 PM ISTBangalore: Swimmer Sharath M Gayakwad, who represented India at the 2012 London Paralympic Games, received a big boost here Thursday when Infinite Computer Solutions announced its support for his participation in the IDM Swimming Championships
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Watch images of blue eye stunning swimmer Zsuzsanna Jakabos
Other Sports | Apr 05, 2014, 06:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Zsuzsanna Jakabos is a Hungarian swimmer, who three times competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004, 2008, and 2012.The bum: Jakabos's backside has become the stuff of poolside legend. And
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Swimmer Arjun Muralidharan banned for 2 years on doping charge
Other Sports | Oct 30, 2013, 09:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Champion swimmer Arjun Muralidharan has been handed a two-year ban by National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel after testing positive for stimulant Methylhexaneamine during the All India Police Aquatics Championships in March.The panel imposed a
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Swimmer Sun Yang claims second gold at worlds
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2013, 06:50 PM ISTBarcelona, August 1: Sun Yang wrote his name in the record books of the World Swimming Championships when he became only the second man to defend his gold medal in the 800 metres freestyle with
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Russian swimmer banned 2 years for steroid use
Other Sports | Jul 09, 2013, 04:00 PM ISTLausanne, Switzerland, July 9 : Russian swimmer Nikita Maksimov has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid widely given to East German athletes in the 1970s and 1980s. Swimming's world
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Will Smith not a swimmer
Hollywood | May 22, 2013, 09:49 AM ISTLos Angeles, May 22: Actor Will Smith may have pulled off several stunts in Hollywood films, but he doesn't know how to swim!He didn't learn to swim as he didn't have too many swimming pools
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World champion swimmer dies of massive heart attack at 26
World | May 02, 2012, 08:19 AM ISTNew York, May 2: World champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen of Norway has died of a heart attack after a practice session in Arizona. He was 26.A silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and
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World champion swimmer dies of massive heart attack at 26
Other Sports | May 02, 2012, 08:18 AM ISTNew York, May 2: World champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen of Norway has died of a heart attack after a practice session in Arizona. He was 26.A silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and
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Brutally Beaten A Month Ago, Balakrishnan Swam To The Semis, And A Record
India | Oct 05, 2010, 01:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: A month ago, Melkote Badrinath Balakrishnan lay on a hospital bed, writhing in pain. Five stitches held together a gash on his head and he could hardly move his right shoulder. The left