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.