{"id":6629,"date":"2017-08-04T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2017-08-04T13:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:41:47","slug":"speedo-in-association-with-nisha-millet-swimming-academy-holds-first-swimming-championship-in-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=6629","title":{"rendered":"Speedo in Association with Nisha Millet Swimming Academy Holds First Swimming Championship in Bangalore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nisha.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6630 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nisha.jpg\" alt=\"nisha\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nisha.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nisha-284x158.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nisha-128x72.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Bangalore, Karnataka, India: The event saw attendance of over 650 kids from ages 17 years and below from Mangalore, Belgaum, Puttur, in addition to Bangalore. Age groups of 9 to 10 years and 11 to 12 years had the maximum participation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nisha-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6631\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6631 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nisha-2.jpg\" alt=\"nisha 2\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>Speedo; world\u2019s leading swimwear brand\u00a0in association with Nisha Millet Swimming Academy organised its first ever Swimming Championship in Ulsoor, Bangalore<\/strong>. The Championship was an initiative to promote\u00a0swimming; offering a serious platform to the youth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Roshan Baig, Minister for Urban Youth Development<\/strong>\u00a0inaugurated the competition and also showed his support and encouragement for the newly opened Kensington Swimming Pool. Swimming prodigy, as well as the Best Indian Female swimmer (Junior and Senior) and Team Speedo India athlete,\u00a0<strong>Maana Patel,<\/strong>\u00a0was also seen interacting and motivating the young participants.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the initiative<strong>, Mr. Murali Desingh, Business Head Speedo India<\/strong>\u00a0said,\u00a0<em>\u201cPromoting sports is an integral part of Speedo\u2019s brand philosophy. As part of our initiatives, we are proud to associate with the Nisha Millet Swimming Academy. We see this as an opportunity to encourage and support kids from a young age to hone and develop their skills in a competitive environment. Looking at the excellent participation we had in Bangalore, we are now considering expanding this initiative to other cities as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nisha Millet, Olympian and Speedo Fitness Expert<\/strong>\u00a0said,\u00a0<em>\u201cWe saw a fantastic turn out at our event! Kids ranging right from a young age of 6 years were seen competing at the same time thoroughly enjoying them in the pool. Events such as these prove to be a great platform for those promising swimmers who dream about winning laurels in sports. We are very pleased to be associated with Speedo India and see this as a further testimony to the bright future of the sport in the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The championship was a great success. It provided the children an opportunity to showcase their talent and a platform to interact and prepare for excellence in Swimming.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Speedo\u2019s initiatives and products, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.speedo.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1501939887209000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtOtqpK72-IglZcbrq0giHoa7NIw\"><strong>www.speedo.com<\/strong><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"m_-7789217632940172715img_pixel\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/xgzPovvxsK8qB-HFGgYMGqKXMee_R_JoLsxkZTFu1f-7luot5RwJpHfvlYQ6P-4o3QK7AUkQpOfbJX_evcTrpfJJUd4QfTg=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/cms.businesswireindia.com\/images\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangalore, Karnataka, India: The event saw attendance of over 650 kids from ages 17 years and below from Mangalore, Belgaum, Puttur, in addition to Bangalore. Age groups of 9 to 10 years and 11 to 12 years had the maximum participation. Speedo; world\u2019s leading swimwear brand\u00a0in association with Nisha Millet Swimming Academy organised its first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6633,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions\/6633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}