Thanyapura swimmers break National Records at 17th FINA World Championships

Thanyapura swimmers break National Records at 17th FINA World Championships

SWIMMING: Five young athletes who train in Phuket under the FINA Scholarship Programme at Thanyapura Health & Sports Resort broke national records for their home countries at the 17th FINA World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary from July 14-30.

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By The Phuket News

Thursday 3 August 2017 02:57 PM

Tisa Shayka from Nepal (left) and Michael Rasolonjatovo from Madagascar (right).

Emily Muteti from Kenya (left) and Ayman Klzieh from Syria.

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Ayman Klzieh (Syria): 200 metres butterfly
Michael Rasolonjatovo (Madagascar): 100m, 200m and 4x100 freestyle
Emily Muteti (Kenya): 4x100m freestyle and 4x100 I.M. mixed relays
Tem Strickland (Cook Islands): 50m and 100m freestyle
Tisa Shayka (Nepal): 100m breaststroke

Thanyapura Health & Sports Resort is a FINA-approved training centre for budding swimmers training for the FINA World Championships and the Olympic Games. The FINA Scholarship Programme provides funding and training to each country’s top swimmers. Scholarship recipients work with top-level coaches at world-class Aquatics facilities to reach their full potential. The programme reaches out to swimmers and national federations with the greatest needs in FINA’s six aquatic sports.

Thanyapura Health & Sports Resort offers swimmers with professional coaches such as Miguel Angel Lopez Alvarado, who has a proven track record of leading his athletes to break national records in the last two decades.