
While Makhija and Page have resumed training, Nataraj, Khade and Rawat have not entered the pool since March 25 when the first coronavirus-forced lockdown was announced. Six swimmers - Nataraj, Khade, Prakash, Rawat, Aryan Makhija and Advait Page - have achieved the ‘B’ qualification in their respective events for the postponed-Olympics and are hoping to make the ‘A’ standard. The swimmers will be training at Dubai’s Aqua Nation Swimming Academy. After that there will be a four-day quarantine,” Chokshi said. “All of them took a COVID test before leaving and they will be tested again when they land. So, I decided to train in Dubai,” Prakash said.Īll three swimmers underwent Covid-19 tests on arrival and are currently in quarantine for four days before hitting the pool. “I wanted to get physio support and my long-time physio would help me with it and my coach Pradeep sir is there too. Prakash, who had already resumed training in Thailand, said he decided to attend the camp to be closer to his physiotherapist and coach Pradeep S Kumar, who are both in Dubai. Researchers become participant-observers, in. Ethnography, one of many methodologies used in the Cognitive Science department, focuses on understanding how people work in their natural environments. “Sajan Prakash will also be reaching today,” Chokshi informed. Two students, Monal Chokshi and Will Barley, are applying ethnographic methods in studies of how the Calit2 building at UCSD is being used. Prakash had travelled to Phuket in February to train for swimming meets and had been staying there ever since. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. They will be joined by Sajan Prakash, who is a new entrant in the list of swimmers slated to attend the camp. Join Facebook to connect with Monal Chokshi and others you may know. Nataraj, Rawat and coach AC Jayarajan reached Dubai on Tuesday afternoon. He is trying to get it again,” SFI secretary general Monal Chokshi had said earlier in the day. Monal Chokshis email address Show email & phone number > Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. He had asked for it sometime back now and was denied initially. “Right now, it looks like he will be skipping the camp until the permission comes. Earlier, the SFI said Khade, who works as a Tehsildar with Maharashtra government, was awaiting permission of leave from his employer.



While training has resumed for sports like athletics, hockey, and boxing within the country after easing of lockdown restrictions, the Olympic hopeful swimmers have been forced to move to Dubai due to a continuing bar on opening of pools here. “I decided against it (attending the camp) due to personal reasons,” Khade told PTI. The camp is expected to start either by the end of this week or next week. The 28-year-old was supposed to travel to Dubai for the camp along with fellow swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat. Asian Games bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade on Tuesday pulled out of the two-month training camp being organised by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) in Dubai for its Olympic hopefuls, citing personal reasons.
