Meet the Black women pushing for equality in swimming
By Sana Noor Haq and Louis Leeson, CNN
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Vedaant Madhavan creates new meet record in 1500m freestyle
Maharashtra's Vedaant Madhavan rewrote the national record in 1500m freestyle event for group I boys at the ongoing Junior National Aquatic Championships here on Sunday. Leading the pack with good pace and an efficient stroke, Vedaant, son of actor R Madhavan, clocked 16:01.73 to erase his statemate Advait Page's 2017 record of 16:06.43 seconds. Vedaant beat Karnataka's Amogh Anand Venkatesh (16:21.98 seconds) and Bengal's Shubhojeet Gupta (16:34.06), who won the silver and bronze medals respectively. In the 400m freestyle for group II girls, Karnataka's Harshika Ramachandra created a new meet record with a time of 4:29.25 seconds, while statemate Rujula S finished 10s behind Harshika with a time of 4:39.53 seconds to settle for silver.
Elderly woman killed by alligators after falling into country club pond
An alligator in Florida decided that the residents of an Odessa home weren't going anywhere for a short period of time on Wednesday, and blocked the front door. (Courtesy: Ed Ferraro)
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged at World Aquatics Championships
By Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNN
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged at world championships
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final day of the world aquatics championships and suffered a rib sprain and a concussion.
Canadian diving duo Mia Vallée, Margo Erlam fall short of podium on final day of worlds
Canadian diving duo Mia Vallée and Margo Erlam fell short of the podium on the final day of the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a fifth-place finish in the women's three-metre synchro springboard final.
Canadian diver Mia Vallée captures silver for 2nd medal at world championships
Canadian diver Mia Vallée jumped back on the podium at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Jack Laugher claims third medal at World Aquatics Championships in Budapest
Jack Laugher claimed his third medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest with silver in the men’s one-metre springboard event.