Indian swimming bodies must educate and enforce anti-doping norms to protect the sport from any sort of taint or tainted players and also to provide a level-playing field to clean athletes..
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The Need for a Swimming Parent Association
Swimming parents need to join hands and come together for the great good of the sports in India.
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Sub Junior National Aquatic Championship 2022: Sub-Juniors or Sub-Standard?
The Sub Junior National Aquatic Championship 2022 organised in Rajkot left a lot to desired. What were the misgivings of the participants. Here's a rejoinder.
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Should SFI charge fees for UID?
Swimming Federation of India is charging an annual fees for all swimmers that wish to appear in competitions. The big question -- is this the right move to promote the sports in India?
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Trend-spotting through the Maharashtra Selection for National Championship
Every year, as the National Swimming Championship is held for Seniors, Juniors and Sub-Juniors, it gives a chance to all swimmers in India, to benchmark themselves in terms of where they stand in their chosen strokes. Since, these national events are one of the very few ones done in line with international event standards, namely...
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A National Competition that is anything but ‘National’
Sub Junior & Junior Swimming Nationals have been announced in India, but will it be fair?
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Indian Swimmers continue to suffer. Who’s to blame?
Yet again, in another “Unlock” announced by the government, swimming pools have been left out. This was the third instance of the “Unlock” when various aspects of the economy were restarted. Gyms, malls, sports complexes, etc. have been allowed to open. Still, swimming pools continue to be disallowed much like cinema halls, entertainment parks, theatres,...