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The Hindu
In 19 instances, the Olympic records (OR) in various individual swimming events were broken at the Tokyo Olympics. In three competitions -the women's 100rn backstroke, the women's 100m freesty
In 19 instances, the Olympic records (OR) in various individual swimming events were broken at the Tokyo Olympics. In three competitions -the women's 100rn backstroke, the women's 100m freestyle, and the men's 200m breaststroke - all the medalists this year broke the earlier ORs. Two new world records (WR) — one in the women's 200m breaststroke and the other in the men's 100m butterfly — were also created. Most records were broken in the shorter distance races while they remained intact in the longer distance events. Swimmers from Australia and the U.S. shattered four ORs each.Unlike most of the Olympic-bound athletes, who opt to train abroad before the big event, boxer Amit Panghal prefers training in home conditions prior to Paris 2024. A former World championships silver medallist and a World No. 1, Panghal won the 51kg quota place in the only chance he got. He wants to follow his own plans to script success in Paris.
The other men’s semifinal Friday is Norway’s Casper Ruud, twice the runner-up in Paris — to Rafael Nadal in 2022 and to Novak Djokovic in 2023 — against Germany’s Alexander Zverev, a finalist at the 2020 U.S. Open, an Olympic gold medalist and into the final four at Roland Garros for the fourth consecutive year.