Asian Games 2018: Swimmers Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj advance into finals

New Delhi, Aug 19: Swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash made the finals of the 100m mens backstroke and 200m butterfly events respectively at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday.Starting in lane 6, Nataraj finished first in the heat clocking 55.86 seconds even as compatriot Arvind Mani finished second but failed to qualify to the next round.Meanwhile, in the 200m butterfly event, Prakash qualified for the final with a time of 1:58.12 seconds.Prakash was 0.06 seconds behind Nao Horomura of Japan who led the pack.Another Indian in action, Saurabh Sangvekar crashed out in the 200m freestyle event, clocking 1:54.87 seconds.

Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj qualify for the 200m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke Finals respectively.#Swimming #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/3ZNruharbn

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