Advertisement

Swimming News

12 Jul 2024

Summer Swimming: Protecting Your Hair From Chlorine And Saltwater Damage

During the warmer months, swimming is a pleasant and soothing way to cool off and enjoy the outdoors. Swimming is also a fantastic kind of exercise that promotes general physical health and well-being. It eases stress, helps with weight loss, lessens back discomfort, and increases muscle mass.

28 Sep 2023

Swimming Classes Inhibit Children From Enjoying In Pool: Study

Researchers observed how swimming is typically taught, and evaluated the lessons in the light of the ‘self-determination theory’ of human motivation and personality. According to this theory, we enjoy activities best and persist in them when we are self-determined – that is, becoming and keeping motivated without prodding or supervision.

Asian Games 2023

26 Sep 2023

Asian Games: Sailor Neha Grabs Silver As India Medals Tally Swells To 12

Neha Thakur’s worst race was the fifth one where she got five points to end with a net score of 27 in the Asian Games 2023 on Tuesday.

10 Jun 2023

Weight Loss: 7 Swimming Tips And Best Strokes To Tone Up

You need to swim harder and faster to keep your heart rate up when you are looking to lose weight Aim for four to five days of swimming a week for the best results when it comes to weight loss Swimming will boost your appetite, so make your you don't indulge in unhealthy snacks

Cardio exercises

18 May 2023

Cardio Exercises May Help Lower Risk Of Death From Flu Or Pneumonia: Study

In the study, people who met both recommended weekly physical activity targets had nearly half (48 percent) the risk of dying from flu or pneumonia as their peers who met neither.

Commonwealth Games 2022

02 Aug 2022

CWG 2022: Cyclist Meenakshi suffers horror crash, run over by rival, WATCH

This is the second crash in two days at the Lee Valley Velo Park after England’s Matt Walls fell from his bike during the Commonwealth Games 2022.

Commonwealth Games 2022

01 Aug 2022

CWG 2022: Srihari creates HISTORY, qualifies for men’s 50m backstroke final

The Bengaluru swimmer Srihari Nataraj had finished seventh in the men’s 100m backstroke final on Saturday night at Commonwealth Games 2022.

17 Jul 2022

R Madhavan's son Vedaant creates new Swimming record, father reacts - WATCH

Leading the pack with good pace and an efficient stroke, Vedaant clocked 16:01.73 to erase his state-mate Advait Page's record of 16:06.43 seconds which was created in the year 2017.

20 Jun 2022

FINA ban transgender swimmers, Olympic champion Emily Seebohm says THIS

Four-times Olympic champion Cate Campbell told FINA’s EGC that she supported a restriction on transgender athletes competing in women’s categories and urged people to ‘listen to the science and experts’.

25 Apr 2022

R Madhavan’s son Vedaant says he 'didn’t want to live under dad’s shadow'

R Madhavan’s son Vedaant Madhavan won a silver and a gold medal in swimming at the Danish Open 2022.

21 Apr 2022

Former national para swimming champ Amartya Chakraborty dies in New Delhi

Amartya Chakraborty's father claimed that his repeated requests for financial help to the sports ministry and Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) had ‘fallen on deaf ears’.

18 Apr 2022

Film star R Madhavan’s son Vedaant Madhavan wins gold medal at Danish Open

Swimmer Vedaant Madhavan had won the silver medal in the 1500m freestyle event on Friday before bettering his 200m freestyle time to finish 12th overall in the event.

16 Apr 2022

Actor R. Madhavan’s son Vedaant wins silver at Danish Open swimming event

Vedaant, son of Indian actor R. Madhavan, clocked 15.57.86 to finish second in the 10-swimmer final. Top Indian swimmer Prakash stopped the clock at 1.59.27 to stand atop the podium on Friday night in the Danish Open swimming event.

13 Sep 2021

More than 460 swimmers compete in open-water Florida Keys race

Over 460 national and international participants competed off the Florida Keys on Saturday (September 11) during Swim for Alligator Lighthouse Race, an 8-mile open-water challenge.

01 Aug 2021

Tokyo 2020: McKeon becomes 1st female swimmer to win 7 medals at single games

27-year-old McKeon has now won four gold in Tokyo along with three bronze, overtaking East German Kristin Otto's six medal-haul in 1952 which was later matched by American Natalie Coughlin in 2008.

11 Jun 2021

Olympic medallist pulls out of Tokyo trials, citing 'misogynistic perverts'

Double Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves has pulled out of Australia's swimming trials for the Tokyo Games, citing "misogynistic perverts in sport".

05 Apr 2021

Tokyo Games: Cancer-surviving swimmer books her Olympic berth

The 20-year-old Ikee returned to the pool about a year ago but had said her goal was only to prepare for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. She had downplayed her chances for her home Olympics. She would have been among the favorites in several Olympic races in Tokyo races if she had not fallen ill and faced setbacks.

03 Mar 2021

Film star R Madhavan’s son Vedaant wins swimming bronze medal

A quality performance by the swimmers Sajan Prakash, Tanish George Mathew and Vedant Madhavan saw the Indian team adding one gold medal and three bronze medals to their collection. A notable performance by Sajan Prakash saw him win a gold medal in the men’s 200 metres butterfly, completing the race in 1:59.31 and also winning a bronze medal in the men’s 100 metres butterfly. Sajan Prakash clocked his third fastest time in the 100m butterfly, 53.77 seconds, in the Latvian Open Swimming Championships in Riga.

17 Dec 2020

Heart Touching: Some stains are really good!

Heart touching story of father-son relationship.

Niranjan Mukundan

25 Jun 2020

Paralympians share their lockdown-induced practice routines on Twitter

Para-swimmer and former Junior World Champion, Niranjan Mukundan, whose swimming prowess is well-known to all, is looking at the brighter side of this lockdown experience.

Loading...

NEWS ON ONE CLICK