Tokyo Olympics: India Swimmer Sajan Prakash Fails To Qualify For Semi-Finals

Mumbai: Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the men’s 200m butterfly event at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Monday.

Sajan finished fourth in heat 2 of the event with a timing of 1:57.22.

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The Indian swimmer finished 24th overall and failed to qualify for the next round of the top 16.

On Sunday, young Indian swimmers Srihari Natraj and Mana Patel failed to qualify for the 100m backstroke semi-finals of the showpiece event.

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Srihari clocked 54.31s in the men’s 100m backstroke heat 3. The young swimmer finished fifth in Heat 3 but was ranked 27th overall.

Mana, on the other hand, failed to qualify for the 100m backstroke semi-finals on Sunday. The young Indian swimmer clocked 1:05:20 in Heat 1.

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Earlier this month, Maana Patel became the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics through the universality quota.

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