Michael Phelps could win two or three individual gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again return home as America's top swimmer, former U.S. swimming great John Naber believes.
Peterite swimmers created history in the All Island National Schools Swimming Championship by winning the Overall Championship for the first time collecting 33 points as the apex school meet concluded in Colombo recently. Peterite swimmer Alalanka Peiris was crowned the Overall Champion Swimmer.
Michael Phelps made an ominous return to international competition on Friday, qualifying for the final of the 100 metres freestyle at the Pan Pacific championships at Australia's Gold Coast.
South African swimming sensation Chad le Clos closed off his campaign at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a record seven medals in the swimming pool.
The 41st Sri Lanka School Swimming Championships 2014 was held at the Sugathadasa Stadium from the 26th – 29th June. St. Joseph’s College emerged as the overall boys school champions for the 11th time while Mahamaya College Kandy stamped their victory for the 16th time as the overall Girls school champions.
A total of 164 events will be conducted at the 41st Annual Schools Age Group swimming championship to be held from June 26 to 29 at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex.This championship has attracted 76 boys schools, 44 girls schools and 33 mixed schools for a total of 1602 male swimmers and 1004 female swimmers.
The National Age Group Relay Championships 2014 organized by the Sri Lanka Amateur Aquatic Sports Union (SLAASU) was held on the 17th of May at The Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming complex. Mahamaya College, Kandy emerged as Champions with 136 points in the female category for the 12th time since 2002. St. Joseph’s College regained their title as champions with 103 points in the male category after losing it last year.
A record turnout of participants and a malfunction in the automatic timing system saw threw the Pentathlon Swimming Championships 2014 out of schedule drawing to a close late in the evening at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.
National & Junior National Aquatic Champs 2013 Organized By The Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union was held from the 26th-29th September at the Sugathadasa Stadium.
Six senior and three junior national records were set including one Sri Lanka record at the National and Junior Aquatic championship 2013 that splashed off yesterday at the Sugathadasa swimming complex yesterday.
Four swimmers obtained qualify timings to book their tickets to the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing 2014 at the 4th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships concluded at the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Sports Complex in Dubai recently.
Matthew Abeysinghe secured the first ever medal for Sri Lankan swimming at the Asian Youth Games on the eve of the close of the 2nd Asian Youth Games in Nanjing on Friday night.
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