Tokyo: India’s Sajan Prakash finished fourth in Heats and 24th overall in the men’s 200m butterfly event qualification and failed to qualify for the finals at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre on Monday. With Prakash’s exit, the Indian challenge in swimming ended as Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel also failing to make it to the final rounds respectively on Sunday.
The Indian swimmer was competing against Norway’s Tomoe Hvas, Ireland’s Brendan Hyland, and Singapore’s Zhen Wen Quah to name a few. At the 100m mark Prakash was in the fifth position, well behind the race leader.
The swimmer had earlier created history after becoming the first Indian swimmer to breach the Olympic qualification ‘A’ mark with a timing of 1:56.38s. Meanwhile, Indian boxer Ashish Kumar Chaudhary (75kg) lost in his maiden Olympic appearance with an opening-round 0-5 loss to China’s Erbieke Touheta on Monday.
