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Srihari Nataraj Claims Sixth Gold In 100m Freestyle At National Games

Olympian Srihari Nataraj ended his campaign in the National Games swimming competition with his sixth gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex in Rajkot on Saturday. Nataraj won in 50.41 seconds, a new National Games record. Through the week, the swimmer from Karnataka watched his senior Sajan Prakash (Kerala) claim five gold, two silver and a bronze medal. On Saturday, Nataraj stormed to a 100m freestyle win with Sajan finishing seventh. He accomplished his mission of claiming the two freestyle sprint gold medals to add to the two backstroke titles besides anchoring Karnataka relay squads to two gold.

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix crowned National Lottery Awards Athlete of the Year

Diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, one of the breakout stars of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been crowned the National Lottery Awards 2022 Athlete of the Year after a staggering 11,000 votes were cast across the competition. Then aged just 17, Andrea wowed crowds in Birmingham this year with an incredible performance and bagged an impressive trio of medals â€“ all while being cheered on by her dad Fred Sirieix, maitre d' and matchmaker on the hit Channel 4 show First Dates.

Pole-vaulter Siva Subramaniam, weightlifter Sambo Lapung break records on way to gold medals in National Games

While Siva from Services soared over 5.31m to break his own national record set four years ago, Sambo, representing Arunachal Pradesh, lifted 198kg to break the Clean and Jerk national mark in 96kg men's weightlifting. Egged on by a seizable crowd at the IIT Gandhinagar, Siva Subramaniam first broke the National Games record, set at 5.10m by Vijay Pal Singh back in 1987, by clearing 5.11m. He then soared over 5.21m and asked for the bar to be raised at 5.31m, with an eye on the national record.

IOC president Thomas Bach pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II: We have lost a great supporter of sport

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach has paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at an IOC executive board meeting. Queen Elizabeth II died, aged 96, on Thursday, and a minute’s silence was held at the meeting on Friday. Ad Bach told the meeting that sport had lost a great supporter after her death.

Queen Elizabeth II’s support for the Olympic movement 'can never be underestimated or forgotten', says Team GB

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was a Patron of Team GB, and the British Olympic Association has released a statement following her death at the age of 96. The statement recognised the Queen’s support for the Olympic movement, as well as her role in the London 2012 Olympic Games, saying her service “should never be underestimated and shall never be forgotten”.

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Srihari Nataraj Claims Sixth Gold In 100m Freestyle At National Games

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix crowned National Lottery Awards Athlete of the Year

Pole-vaulter Siva Subramaniam, weightlifter Sambo Lapung break records on way to gold medals in National Games

IOC president Thomas Bach pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II: We have lost a great supporter of sport

Queen Elizabeth II’s support for the Olympic movement 'can never be underestimated or forgotten', says Team GB

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