After nearly five months, swimmers Srihari Nataraj, Virdhawal Khade and Kushagra Rawat were on Saturday granted permission by the government to train in Dubai at national coach Pradeep Kumar’s Aqua Nation Swimming Academy. Srihari Nataraj was elated at the development and thanked the Sports Authority of India and the Swimming Federation of India for arranging their training. The 19-year-old achieved the ‘B’ qualification mark last year in the 100m backstroke event with a national record timing of 54.69s. I think I should be within 80 per cent of my peak within a month or six weeks. “I need to get those two months of training first to get to 80-90 per cent.

Source: The Hindu August 15, 2020 10:07 UTC