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Weary of waiting, swimmer Virdhawal Khade feels too late to make it to Tokyo Olympics
By Navneet Singh | New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 11, 2020 04:16 PM IST
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.
Khade pulls out of swimming camp in Dubai citing ‘personal reasons’
By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2020 10:04 PM IST
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.
Three elite swimmers get permission to train in Dubai, Srihari Nataraj elated
By Avishek Roy | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 15, 2020 12:42 PM IST
India’s swimming sensation Nataraj looks forward to get back to pool after longest break.
Khade awaits govt response on opening up pools too train
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 15, 2020 11:13 PM IST
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.
Pool still out of bounds, swimmer Khade mulls retirement
By B Shrikant | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 14, 2020 11:12 PM IST
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.
Might have to consider retirement if swimming pools don’t open for training: Virdhawal Khade
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 14, 2020 04:15 PM IST
Khade said the delay in resumption of training would put the Indian swimmers at a huge disadvantage ahead of Tokyo Olympic Games.
Kushagra Rawat, Srihari Natraj continue to shine with gold medals
By Press Trust of India | Bengaluru
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2019 11:36 PM IST
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.
India bag 9th gold at Asian Age Group Swimming Championships
By Press Trust of India | Bengaluru
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2019 04:05 PM IST
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.
Virdhawal Khade wins gold in 50m freestyle but fails to make Olympic A cut
By Press Trust of India | Bengaluru
UPDATED ON SEP 25, 2019 09:56 PM IST
Virdhawal Khade clocked 22.59 seconds to finish ahead of Khurshidjon Tursunov (22.96) of Uzbekistan and Iranian Gharehhassanloo Benyamin (23.23).
Asian Games 2018: Srihari Natraj creates national record twice but finishes 6th, Virdhawal Khade 8th
By Press Trust of India | Jakarta
UPDATED ON AUG 23, 2018 08:03 PM IST
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.
Asian Games 2018: Virdhawal Khade betters own national record, qualifies for final
By Press Trust of India | Jakarta
UPDATED ON AUG 21, 2018 09:31 AM IST
Overall, Khade was third behind China’s Hexin Yu (22.21) and Hong Kong’s Kenneth King Him To (22.38).
Asian Games 2018: Swimmer Sandeep Sejwal motivated to do well
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 06, 2018 05:29 PM IST
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.