Government clears foreign training for swimmers for Olympics

New Delhi: The sports ministry Thursday cleared training of the three-member Indian swimming team at Germany's Olympic Centre in Frankfurt to prepare for the 2012 London Olympics.

The three-member team, comprising Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal along with their coach Nihar Ameen, will train from June 1 to July 24 before joining the Indian contingent in London for the Games that start July 27.

The government will bear their full training cost. (IANS)

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