The CWG is scheduled for the next month from 28th July to 8th August. Of which the swimming events will be held from 29th July to 3rd August.
Anita Alvarez, fainted at the world swimming championships in Budapest, sunk to the bottom of the pool, and was rescued by her coach.
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Peaking at the right time twice over will be a massive challenge in the Commonwealth Games and Asiad, feels leading Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash, who is trying to shave off a second from his personal best timing.
Continuing his splendid run, fast-rising Indian swimmer Vedaant Madhavan added a second medal to his kitty, a gold in the men's 800m freestyle at the Danish Open in Copenhagen.
India's Tanish George Mathew finished fourth in men's 200m freestyle 'A' final at the Danish Open in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Top Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash began his season on a winning note by clinching the men's 200m butterfly gold at the Danish Open swimming meet in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The 20-year-old swimmer timed 24.40 seconds to finish 26th in the overall heats but couldn't make the cut for the semi-final.
Prakash, the first-ever Indian swimmer to breach the 'A' standard time for the Olympics, had suffered a slipped disc in 2019 which has been radiating pain towards his left hand while swimming.
Caeleb Dressel captured his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Tokyo Games on Sunday, while Australia's Emma McKeon put her own remarkable stamp on the record book by winning a staggering haul of hardware.
The 27-year-old clocked 1:56:38 seconds in the men's 200m butterfly event in Rome to become the first ever Indian swimmer to earn a direct Olympic qualification.
FINA had banned the use of soul caps for the Tokyo Olympics because they did not "fit the natural form of the head."
Prakash clocked 1:49.73 seconds in the heats at the FINA-accredited Olympic Qualifier, bettering Virdhawal Khade's previous national mark of 1:49.86 seconds.
The 27-year-old, who represented India in the 2016 Rio Olympics, made the Tokyo Games 'A' standard, set at 1:56.48 seconds, by 0.1 seconds.
Prakash, 27, clocked one minute 56.96 seconds, but fell short of the 'A' qualification time of 1 minute 56.48 seconds late on Saturday.
The 19-year-old McKeown had a time of 57.45 seconds at the South Australian Aquatic Centre to improve on the previous mark of 57.57 set by American Regan Smith in 2019.
Gyms, Swimming pools in Noida have been closed with immediate effect till further orders in view of rising Covid cases. Earlier the government has already imposed a night curfew in the city till April end.
The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) plans to shift Uzbekistan bound 13-member national team to Delhi from Bengaluru in case swimming pools don't reopen on Tuesday.
Calling it a first-of-a-kind initiative by a state governing body for swimming in India, the KSA said in a statement that it will provide the monetary assistance through its fundraiser 'KSA Cares.'
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