The Indian men's 4x100m medley relay team featuring Srihari Nataraj, Sajan Prakash, Likith S.P. and Virdhawal Khade won India's ninth gold medal at the Asian Age Group Swimming Championship.
Surajit Ganguly, a coach employed with the Goa Swimming Association (GSA), has been accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl who was training under him.
Srihari created a national record in the men's 100m backstroke, his last individual event of this meet. He finished with a time of 55.63s.
"Our data demonstrate for the first time that ocean water exposure can alter the diversity and composition of the human skin microbiome," said Marisa Chattman Nielsen, a PhD student at the University of California, Irvine in the US.
With the imminent arrival of the monsoon and strong winds blowing across the coastline on Monday, a private lifeguard agency appointed by the state government to man Goa's beaches has banned swimming and all water sports activity till the end of September.
A rooftop swimming pool built on the 53rd floor of the building in Pampanga province too shook by the earthquake. The water cascaded from the pool and it visually turned into a waterfall.
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After the sacking, some parents of students who are learning to swim at the club came out in support of the coach and demanded his reinstatement.
With no gold added to the tally on Thursday, India slipped to 10th with four gold, four silver and 10 bronze for a total of 18 medals.
The accused, Chandidas, raped the girl on Thursday evening while giving her swimming lessons at the school in Surajpur, Manoj Pant, the SHO of Surajpur police station, said.
India's national level swimmer Moupriya Mitra allegedly committed suicide at her residence in Hooghly on Monday.
India now have four gold, a silver and a bronze in the event, leaving them fourth on the overall tally.
While Manu shot her way to a gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in the finals of National Shooting Championships, Srihari broke his own 100-meter backstroke national record while winning six gold and a silver medal at the Khelo India School Games.
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Researchers have revealed that sea swimming can directly affect your health.
30-year-old trainee IAS officer Amit Dahiya drowned in a swimming pool while trying to save a female friend.
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