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The Hindu
The Hindu
Sport
Y. B. Sarangi

Swimming Federation of India taking steps to give diving a facelift

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.

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