Hangzhou [China], September 26 (ANI): The Indian workforce of Srihari Natraj, Likith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish Matthew missed out on the rostrum end within the males’s 4x100m medley relay within the Asian Games on Tuesday. The Indian workforce managed to safe a fifth-placed end by clocking 3:40:20. The Indian workforce nonetheless had one thing to cheer about as they created a brand new nationwide document with this timing. China dominated the competition as soon as once more as they clocked a timing of three:27.01 to seal the highest spot on the podium.
The Republic of Korea secured a silver medal with a timing of three:32.05 simply 5 seconds shy of the highest spot. While Japan missed out on the second spot by a fraction as they registered 3:32.52 and settled for bronze.
India additionally suffered disappointment in particular person occasions as each swimmers, Kusharga Rawat and Aryan Nehra, settled for bottom-of-the-table finishes. Aryan completed seventh with 15:20.91 on the clock whereas Kusharga clocked 15:44.61 to complete final.
Nehra clocked his private finest however in the long run, it wasn’t sufficient.
Earlier, Indian swimmers Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Matthew clocked 3:40.84 within the males’s 4x100m medley relay heats to safe their spot within the Finals.
While they ranked general fourth, 6.04 seconds behind China, the Indian quartet additionally broke the nationwide document earned from the 2018 Asian Games. The Indian workforce completed with a powerful time of three:40.84 within the heats. The time clocked is India’s best-ever timing in a 4×100 medley males’s occasion.
Palak Joshi, competing within the girls’s 200m backstroke heats, did not make the ultimate after ending 14th with a time of two:25.81.
Meanwhile, Indian swimmer Shivangi Sarma clocked 58.31 to complete seventh in warmth 4 and seventeenth general in girls’s 100m Freestyle. After ending 4.04 seconds behind the highest qualifier, the 20-year-old Shivangi won’t contest for a medal within the class at Hangzhou. (ANI)