Swimming
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Anderson, Mellouli win first golds at swimming worlds
Other Sports | Jul 21, 2013, 11:11 AM ISTBarcelona, July 21: Haley Danita Anderson of the US and Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the first gold medals of the World Swimming Championships here as they won the women's and men's five km open
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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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Karnataka lifts overall title in National Aquatic Championship
Other Sports | Oct 06, 2012, 01:30 PM ISTPune, Oct 6: Karnataka pipped hosts Maharashtra to lift the overall title with 272 points in swimming in the 66th Enerzal Senior National Aquatic Championships that concluded here on Friday. Karnataka won the men's team
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Maharashtra, Karnataka relay teams set national records in swimming
Other Sports | Oct 05, 2012, 09:00 PM ISTPune, Oct 5: Karnataka men and Maharashtra women created new national records in their respective 100m freestyle relays, while Virdhawal Khade and Richa Mishra continued to make waves on the fourth and penultimate day of
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8-year-old boy drowns in abandoned water tank
India | Jul 14, 2012, 02:41 PM ISTFaridkot, Jul 14: An eight-year-old boy drowned in an abandoned water tank of sanitation department in a village here.Satvir Singh alias Happy, who was the only child of his parents, drowned after he jumped into
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India get Olympic berth in swimming, though under strange rule
Other Sports | Jul 07, 2012, 09:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 7: India has been granted an Olympic berth in swimming with the world body FINA springing a surprise by choosing Karnataka swimmer Gagan AP Ulalmath in the men's 1,500m freestyle.The surprise move,
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Kolkata Sisters Swim Across Indian Ocean
India | Sep 29, 2011, 11:27 AM ISTKolkata, Sep 28:Kolkata-based sister duo Rashmi and Richa Sharma today swam across the Indian Ocean in South Africa with a timing of three hours and twenty minutes.According to a statement, they crossed the Indian Ocean
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Swimming: Cielo, Adrian, Bovell Lead With Same Time In 50 Meter Freestyle
Other Sports | Jul 29, 2011, 11:35 AM ISTShanghai, Jul 29 : Cesar Cielo of Brazil, American Nathan Adrian and George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago posted the same time of 22.03 seconds to lead 50-meter freestyle qualifying at the world swimming championships
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Germany's Steffen Drops Out Of Worlds
Other Sports | Jul 28, 2011, 11:46 AM ISTShanghai, July 28: Britta Steffen of Germany dropped out of the world championships after swimming the slowest qualifying time in the 100-meter freestyle on Thursday. The defending champion's time of 54.86 seconds was only good enough
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Ashish Kumar, Khade Create History, India Slip To 9th Position
India | Nov 16, 2010, 08:42 PM ISTGuangzhou, Nov 16: India opened a new page in its Asian Games history with Ashish Kumar clinching the first-ever medal in gymnastics while Virdhawal Khade broke the swimming medal drought after 24 years as the
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CWG: 35 Gold Medals At Stake Today
India | Oct 07, 2010, 09:10 AM ISTThere are 35 gold medals at stake inthe Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The breakup: Aquatics—5, Archery—2 , Athletics—7, Cycling—4, Gymnastics—5, Shooting—4, Synchronised swimming—2, Weightlifting – 2 , Wrestling – 4 Medal hopes for India today