Swimming News
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- Aug 11, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Rikako Ikee was a strong favourite for 100-metre butterfly gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games before revealing last year that she had been diagnosed with leukaemia.
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- Aug 02, 2020
- Press Trust of India
The latest Ministry of Home Affairs' guidelines on the third phase of easing lockdown restrictions still prohibited the use of swimming pools till August 31.
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- Jul 28, 2020
- Press Trust of India
Swimming federation is hopeful of getting permission to restart training at least for those six swimmers, who have achieved the 'B' qualification mark for next year's Tokyo Olympics.
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- Jun 14, 2020
- Press Trust of India
Asian Games bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade said the delay in resumption of training would put the Indian swimmers at a huge disadvantage ahead of Tokyo Olympic Games.
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- May 04, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
The 2021 swimming world championships, scheduled to be held in Fukuoka, Japan have been pushed back until May 2022 following the postponement of the Olympic Games.
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- Mar 23, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Olympic champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh said he had contracted COVID-19, offering insight into how coronavirus infection could affect 2020 Olympic hopefuls.
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- Feb 28, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Sun Yang, who was accused of refusing to provide blood and urine samples when drug testers visited his home in China in September 2018, vowed to appeal the ruling.
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- Jul 30, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
After Australian swimmer Shayna Jack failed a drugs test, Chinese media accused the team of "utter hypocrisy" following anti-doping protests targeting China's Sun Yang.