CWG 2018: Swimmer Sajan Prakash in Men’s 200m Butterfly Finals
Sajan recorded a timing of 1:58.87 to better his own national record of 1:59.10.
India's Sajan Prakash narrowly qualified for the final of swimming men's 200 metre Butterfly event of the 21st Commonwealth Games at the Optus Aquatic Centre in Australia’s Gold Coast on Saturday, 7 April.
Sajan recorded a timing of 1:58.87 to better his own national record of 1:59.10 to finish at the fifth spot in Heat 2 of the qualification round.
England's Jacob Peters topped the qualifications, clocking 1:58.42.
Earlier, Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj entered the semi-finals of the men's 50 metre backstroke event. Srihari recorded a time of 26.47 seconds to qualify in the ninth spot among 16 qualifiers in his category.
The Indian finished third in Heat 1 behind Australia's Mitch Larkin and Xavier Castelli of Wales.
Zac Incerti of Australia qualified at the top of the overall standings by winning Heat 2 with a time of 25.05 seconds.
Larkin was second overall while Benjamin Treffers – also of Australia – was third with 25.52.
Treffers won Heat 3 ahead of Conor Ferguson (25.79) of Northern Ireland and Malaysia's Jian Han Tern (25.83).
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