Indian swimmer Sajan qulifies for final- Commomwealth games

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Indian swimmer Sajan qulifies for final- Commomwealth games

Gold Coast (Australia), April 7: 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 here on Saturday.

Sajan recorded a timing of 1:58.87 seconds to better his own national record of 1:59.10, and finish at the fifth spot in Heat 2 of the qualification round.

England's Jacob Peters topped the qualifications, clocking 1:58.42 seconds.

Earlier, another 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.