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Weary of waiting, swimmer Virdhawal Khade feels too late to make it to Tokyo Olympics
Government will lift a seven-month shutdown of pools due to Covid-19, but freestyle ace not sure time enough to touch A qualification mark that assures spot in next year’s Games.
Updated on Oct 11, 2020 04:16 PM IST
New Delhi | Navneet Singh
Khade pulls out of swimming camp in Dubai citing ‘personal reasons’
Asian Games bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade on Tuesday pulled out of the two-month training camp being organised by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) in Dubai for its Olympic hopefuls.
Updated on Aug 25, 2020 10:04 PM IST
Press Trust of India
Three elite swimmers get permission to train in Dubai, Srihari Nataraj elated
India’s swimming sensation Nataraj looks forward to get back to pool after longest break.
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 12:42 PM IST
New Delhi | Avishek Roy
Khade awaits govt response on opening up pools too train
SFI had a few days back urged the sports ministry to allow elite swimmers to train at a designated centre, just like Olympics-bound hockey teams, track athletes and weightlifters are being allowed to do.
Updated on Jun 15, 2020 11:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | HT Correspondent
Pool still out of bounds, swimmer Khade mulls retirement
Khade, at 28 a veteran in the sport, says if the wait continues, he may have to quit. “Might have to consider retiring from swimming,” he tweeted on Sunday.
Updated on Jun 14, 2020 11:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | B Shrikant
Might have to consider retirement if swimming pools don’t open for training: Virdhawal Khade
Khade said the delay in resumption of training would put the Indian swimmers at a huge disadvantage ahead of Tokyo Olympic Games.
Updated on Jun 14, 2020 04:15 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Kushagra Rawat, Srihari Natraj continue to shine with gold medals
Kushagra Rawat clocked 3:55.81s to finish ahead of Taipei’s Chang Cheng Li Wei (3:56.82) and Abbas Omar (4:01.52) of Syria.
Updated on Sep 26, 2019 11:36 PM IST
Bengaluru | Press Trust of India
India bag 9th gold at Asian Age Group Swimming Championships
The Indian team clocked 3:46.49 seconds to beat Thailand (3:48.89) and Hong Kong (3:53.99) respectively at the Padukone-Dravid Centre of Sports Excellence.
Updated on Sep 26, 2019 04:05 PM IST
Bengaluru | Press Trust of India
Virdhawal Khade wins gold in 50m freestyle but fails to make Olympic A cut
Virdhawal Khade clocked 22.59 seconds to finish ahead of Khurshidjon Tursunov (22.96) of Uzbekistan and Iranian Gharehhassanloo Benyamin (23.23).
Updated on Sep 25, 2019 09:56 PM IST
Bengaluru | Press Trust of India
Asian Games 2018: Srihari Natraj creates national record twice but finishes 6th, Virdhawal Khade 8th
Srihari Natraj created a national record to finish sixth in 200m backstroke while Virdhawal Khade ended last in the 50m butterfly at the Asian Games 2018 on Thursday.
Updated on Aug 23, 2018 08:03 PM IST
Jakarta | Press Trust of India
Asian Games 2018: Virdhawal Khade betters own national record, qualifies for final
Overall, Khade was third behind China’s Hexin Yu (22.21) and Hong Kong’s Kenneth King Him To (22.38).
Updated on Aug 21, 2018 09:31 AM IST
Jakarta | Press Trust of India
Asian Games 2018: Swimmer Sandeep Sejwal motivated to do well
The 29-year-old says with age he has gained in experience and has worked on a few technical aspects, which could fetch him better results.
Updated on Aug 06, 2018 05:29 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India