Virdhawal Khade

Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat will train at Dubai's Aqua Nation Swimming Academy.

Asian Games bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade said the delay in resumption of training would put the Indian swimmers at a huge disadvantage ahead of Tokyo Olympic Games.

He was barely 17 when he became the youngest swimmer to represent India in an Olympics event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 19 when he ended a 24-year dry spell for the country by picking up a bronze medal in the 50-metre Butterfly category at the Asian Games.

The bronze won by Sandeep Sejwal is only the fourth -- after Sachin Nag's gold in the men's 100m freestyle in the inaugural Asian Games in Delhi (1951), Khazan Singh's silver in the 200m butterfly in 1986 at Seoul and Virdhawal Khade's bronze four years ago at Guangzhou in the 100m butterfly -- medal for the country in the core sport of swimming.

Virdhawal Khade is the national record holder in all freestyle sprints from 50m to 400m as well as in the 50m butterfly stroke in which he scooped up a bronze in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.

The poster boys of Indian swimming Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal are not going to London for the Olympic Games. Instead India's sole representation at the games will be lesser known Gagan Ulalmath of Karnataka.

India's swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade has become the latest Indian swimmer to qualify for 2012 London Olympics, making the cut in the 100m freestyle event at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai.

Indians Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal won gold medals at the 7th Singapore Open Swimming Championships, a qualifying event for the 2012 London Games, but failed to book Olympic berths.

Indian swimmers Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal won eight medals including four golds, between them at the seventh Singapore Open Swimming Championships on Saturday.

Swimmers Virdhawal Khade and Richa Mishra were adjudged Best male and female athletes while Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), who topped the charts with 162 medals including 70 gold, were given the Raja Bhalendra Trophy for Champions team in the 34th National Games that concluded on Saturday.

An overwhelming performance by its gymnasts and swimmer Virdhawal Khade's double gold effort propelled Maharashtra to the top spot in the medal standings at the end of the fifth day in the 34th Asian Games on Thursday.

Asian Games bronze medalist Virdhawal Khade and Richa Mishra shattered two meet records each as Maharashtra clinched three gold while Delhi bagged two in the swimming competition on day one of the 34th National Games here on Sunday.

A second medal eluded India in the swimming competitions of the Asian Games as its men's 4x100m medley relay team finished a disappointing sixth in the finals at the Asian Games here today.

After ending India's 24-year-old medal drought in the pool in Asian Games, teen swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade topped his 100m freestyle heats but the effor

After ending India's 24-year-old medal drought in the pool in Asian Games, teen swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade topped his 100m freestyle heats but the effort was not good enough to fetch a place in the finals of the event, on Wednesday.

Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat will train at Dubai's Aqua Nation Swimming Academy.

Asian Games bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade said the delay in resumption of training would put the Indian swimmers at a huge disadvantage ahead of Tokyo Olympic Games.

He was barely 17 when he became the youngest swimmer to represent India in an Olympics event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 19 when he ended a 24-year dry spell for the country by picking up a bronze medal in the 50-metre Butterfly category at the Asian Games.

The bronze won by Sandeep Sejwal is only the fourth -- after Sachin Nag's gold in the men's 100m freestyle in the inaugural Asian Games in Delhi (1951), Khazan Singh's silver in the 200m butterfly in 1986 at Seoul and Virdhawal Khade's bronze four years ago at Guangzhou in the 100m butterfly -- medal for the country in the core sport of swimming.

Virdhawal Khade is the national record holder in all freestyle sprints from 50m to 400m as well as in the 50m butterfly stroke in which he scooped up a bronze in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.

The poster boys of Indian swimming Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal are not going to London for the Olympic Games. Instead India's sole representation at the games will be lesser known Gagan Ulalmath of Karnataka.

India's swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade has become the latest Indian swimmer to qualify for 2012 London Olympics, making the cut in the 100m freestyle event at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai.

Indians Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal won gold medals at the 7th Singapore Open Swimming Championships, a qualifying event for the 2012 London Games, but failed to book Olympic berths.

Indian swimmers Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal won eight medals including four golds, between them at the seventh Singapore Open Swimming Championships on Saturday.

Swimmers Virdhawal Khade and Richa Mishra were adjudged Best male and female athletes while Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), who topped the charts with 162 medals including 70 gold, were given the Raja Bhalendra Trophy for Champions team in the 34th National Games that concluded on Saturday.

An overwhelming performance by its gymnasts and swimmer Virdhawal Khade's double gold effort propelled Maharashtra to the top spot in the medal standings at the end of the fifth day in the 34th Asian Games on Thursday.

Asian Games bronze medalist Virdhawal Khade and Richa Mishra shattered two meet records each as Maharashtra clinched three gold while Delhi bagged two in the swimming competition on day one of the 34th National Games here on Sunday.

A second medal eluded India in the swimming competitions of the Asian Games as its men's 4x100m medley relay team finished a disappointing sixth in the finals at the Asian Games here today.

After ending India's 24-year-old medal drought in the pool in Asian Games, teen swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade topped his 100m freestyle heats but the effor

After ending India's 24-year-old medal drought in the pool in Asian Games, teen swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade topped his 100m freestyle heats but the effort was not good enough to fetch a place in the finals of the event, on Wednesday.