AHMEDABAD: A total of 40 swimmers including 20 men and 20 women will compete in the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships starting tomorrow at the newly-built state-of-the-art Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Naranpura, Ahmedabad.

The Indian contingent has been based in Naranpura over the past month for the national coaching camp and are all-geared up to compete against the crème-de-le-crème of the Asian continent. Over 1,100 swimmers, coaches and technical officials have arrived from 29 countries for the marquee event in Asian Aquatics calendar which will serve as a qualifying event for the Asian Games to be held in Nagoya, Japan next year.

Headlining India’s campaign would be two-time Olympians Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj while Dhinidhi Desinghu and Bhavya Sachdeva will be India’s to

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