Diving may be a spectacular Olympic sport with a huge fan following, but it is yet to make a mark in India.
After several decades of neglect, the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is making efforts to build an identity for diving — which has two Arjuna awardees, Bajrangi Prasad (1961) and Manjari Bhargava (1974).
The SFI has urged the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune, to host camps so that non-Services divers may avail the facilities on its campus. The federation is also keen to rope in a foreign coach and facilitate International Swimming Federation (FINA) scholarships for Indian divers.