CWG 2022: Swimmer Srihari Nataraj finishes 5th in the 50m backstroke final

Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj finished a reliable fifth in the men’s 50m backstroke, while Sajan Prakash’s campaign ended after he failed to reach the men’s 100m butterfly final. at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. Srihari hit 25.23 seconds in the final at Sandwell Aquatics Center here. The Bengaluruan swimmer finished seventh in Sunday’s 100m backstroke final.

Nataraj still has one more event to compete in, the 200m backstroke.

On the other hand, Prakash failed to take advantage of a second chance to reach the 100m butterfly final as he finished last in the semifinals of 16 swimmers with a time of 54.24 seconds.

The Kerala swimmer was disqualified from the event after placing seventh in her heat and 19th overall.

However, three swimmers including a reserve withdrew from the final, giving Prakash a second shot to reach the final eight.

With this, Prakash’s campaign at CWG has come to an end. He failed to reach the final of his other two events – 50 m and 200 m butterfly.

On Sunday, he finished a disappointing ninth in the men’s 200m butterfly, his pet event.

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Swimmers Para Suyash Narayan Jadhav (31.30s) and Niranjan Mukundan (32.55s) finished fifth and seventh respectively in the men’s S7 50m freestyle final.

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