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Asian Games 2023: Indian swimmers' dismal outing continues at Hangzhou

Indian swimmers continued to disappoint in the pool with none of them managing to qualify for the finals of their respective events at the Asian Games here on Wednesday. Olympian Maana Patel finished fifth in heat 3 and 13th overall with a timing of 1:03.55s but failed to qualify for the final of women's 100m backstroke. It turned out to be a disappointing outing for India's Nina Venkatesh as well as she finished fourth in her heat and 14th overall with a timing of 1:03.89s to crash out of the women's 100m butterfly. The top eight swimmers progressed to the final. Srihari Nataraj then clocked 1:49.05s to finish 10th in men's 200m freestyle heats. He has been kept as a second reserve for the final. Competing in the women's 100m breaststroke, India's Lineysha also failed to progress to the medal round, touching the pad in the sixth position with a timing of 1:15.60s in her heat.

Asian Games: Srihari Nataraj creates national record in 200m freestyle

Nataraj clocked 1:49.05 in the men's 200m freestyle heats and finished in 10th place overall, for which he failed to make his place in the final event and stayed as a reserve

Asian Games: Men's 4x100m medley team smashes national record; enters final

The Indian men's 4x100m medley relay team swam a sensational heat, obliterating the national record to enter the final of the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likhith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew clocked 3:40.84 to finish behind Japan in heat 1. They bettered the national record of 3:44.94 set by Nataraj, Sandeep Sejwal, Prakash, Aaron D'Souza in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta. They finished fourth overall to advance to the final, which will be held later in the day. The two other Indian swimmers competing in the day -- Palak Joshi and Shivangi Sarma -- failed to progress to the finals of their respective events. While Shivangi finished 17th in the women's 100m freestyle event, Palak was (2:25.81) ranked 14 among 19 swimmers in the women's 200m backstroke (58.31).

Asian Games 2023: India's men swimmers qualify for final of three events

In encouraging developments for the Indian contingent at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, one swimmer each in men's 50 backstroke and 100m breaststroke and men's 4 200 m relay team made it final

Asian Games 2023 Day 1 Highlights: India bag 5 medals in rowing, shooting

Asian Games 2023 Day 1 Highlights: The Indian team won five medals in rowing and shooting while it secured a medal by qualifying for final in women's cricket

Asian Games: Nataraj misses medal, finishes 6th in 100m backstroke final

Nataraj on the back of his fine performance reached the men's 100m backstroke final earlier in the day. He recorded his season-best time of 54.71

Asian Games 2023: Srihari, women's freestyle relay team advance to finals

Star swimmer Srihari Nataraj and the Indian women's team qualified for the men's 100m backstroke and 4x100m freestyle relay finals at the Asian Games here on Sunday. The quartet of Olympian Maana Patel, Dhinidhi Desinghu, Janvi Choudhary and Shivangi Sarma clocked 3:53.80s to finish sixth in the 10-team affair and make the final. Sirhari, on the other hand, touched the pad at 54.71s to finish second in his heat and fifth overall to progress to the final. The other Indian swimmer in the fray, Utakarsh Santosh Patil finished with a time of 59.42s to sign off at 20th spot in the men's 100m backstroke event. Both the finals will be held later in the day. Tanish George Matthew and Anil Kumar Shylaja failed to progress to the men's 100m freestyle final, finishing 12th and 17th respectively.

36-member aquatics squad to represent India in Asian Games announced

A 36-member aquatics squad including former bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade will represent India at the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou in September-October. The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) on Saturday announced the squad which includes 21 in swimming, three in diving and 13 members in waterpolo. The 12-member men's swimming squad includes the star duo of Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj along with veteran Khade, who won a 50m butterfly bronze at the Guangzhou 2010 edition. Teenagers Aneesh Gowda and Aryan Nehra who broke four records and were adjudged the best swimmers in the Senior Nationals this year were also picked in the squad. India squad: Swimming, Men: Aneesh Gowda, Advait Page, Aryan Nehra, Anand A S, Kushagra Rawat, Likith S P, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj, Tanish George Mathew, Utkarsh Patil, Vishal Grewal and Virdhawal Khade. Women: Anannya Nayak, Dinidhi Desinghu, Hashika Ramchandran, Linyesh A K, Maana Patel, Nina Venkatesh, Palak Joshi, Shivangi Sarma

Ironman 70.3: Young and old flock to Goan beach for gruelling test

Local participation has improved, developing more such events for India, says event organiser

Ironman 70.3 Goa: Athletes from 33 countries will test endurance on Sunday

1,450 athletes would be participating in the eight-hour triathlon

National Games: Sajan Prakash, Hashika Ramachandra win Best Athlete awards

Gold-minting swimmers Sajan Prakash (Kerala) and Hashika Ramachandra (Karnataka) were crowned the Best Male Athlete and Best Female Athlete respectively in the 36th National Games

Sajan Prakash wins gold in National Games 200 metre butterfly swimming

Sajan Prakash overcame an abdominal strain to win the gold medal in the men's 200 m butterfly with a new meet record at the National Games 2022 in Gujarat on Wednesday

CWG 2022 Day 7 Highlights: Sudhir, Sreeshankar shine with historic medals

CWG 2022 Live: Indian boxer Amit Panghal will play his quarterfinal bout today. With Ashish Kumar and Lovlina Borgohain going down on split decisions, Panghal would make sure to win it unanimous

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5: India medal contenders to watch out for

Weightlifters, Lawn Bowls Team, Badminton squad, table tennis, and other athletes might clinch medals on the fifth day of CWG 2022.

CWG 2022: Srihari Natraj qualifies for final of men's 100 m backstroke

Indian swimmer Srihari Natraj qualified for the final of the men's 100 m backstroke event on Friday

TMS Ep206: India Inc succession strategy, Viren Shetty, markets, swimming

Is keeping it in the family a good for India Inc? How is Viren Shetty taking Narayana Health close to US? What will direct the markets in H2CY22? What is the 'open' category in swimming? Answers here

New 'open' category in elite swimming

FINA, the top governing body for swimming, recently voted to restrict transgender athletes from competing in women's races, and created a new 'open category' category for them. Find out more about it

Trans athletes barred from int'l rugby league over perceived 'risks'

Transgender athletes will be barred from women's international rugby league matches while the sport's governing body formulates its inclusion policy

Another planet: Florian Wellbrock romps to win in swimming marathon

Florian Wellbrock of Germany added a gold medal in marathon swimming to his bronze at the pool, romping to a dominant win in the men's 10-kilometer race at Tokyo Bay on Thursday.

Tokyo 2020: Russia's Svetlana Romashina sets record with 6th Olympic gold

Russia's Svetlana Romashina claimed her record sixth Olympic gold medal in artistic swimming, teaming with Svetlana Kolesnichenko to win the duet Wednesday night