Bihar swimming team for Sr Nationals named

Patna, August 19, 2010: Bihar Swimming Association (BSA) announced an 11-member state team for the Senior National swimming championships to be held in Jaipur from August 24 to 28.

BSA joint secretary Prabhakar Nandan said Upemdra Kumar and Shashi Bala would be the managers for men and women teams respectively. Manoj Kumar Jha would be the coach of men team while Nanda Singh would be the coach of women team, he added.

Men: Binod Kumar (50 and 100-m breaststroke), Kundan Kumar (50-m butterfly and 200-m individual medley), Dilip Kumar (400 and 200-m freestyle), Ganeshwar Manjhi (100 and 50-m backstroke), Narendra Nishad (200-m butterfly), Aman Kumar (800, 1500-m freestyle) and Mantu Yadav (200, 100, 50m freestyles).

Women: Neha Singh (50-m backstroke and 50-m butterfly), Baby Kumari (200, 100, 50-m breaststroke).

Diving: R Mishra (1 and 3 spring board) and Sarojit Ghosh (high board and spring board).


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