New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): Vedaant Madhavan, together with two-time Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash, will spearhead India’s 12-member swimming squad on the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, in line with Olympics.com.
The swimming competitors on the continental occasion will likely be held from September 20 to 25 on the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Vedaant, the 21-year-old son of actor R Madhavan, will compete within the males’s 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke occasions. He has additionally been included in India’s 4x200m freestyle relay workforce.
At the nationwide championships in June, Vedaant completed fourth within the 200m freestyle ultimate with a private finest time of 1:53.89.
Experienced swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash can even be a part of India’s marketing campaign. Srihari, who represented India on the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics, will compete within the males’s 50m backstroke, whereas Sajan, a Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympian, will take part within the 100m and 200m butterfly occasions.
Distance swimmer Aryan Nehra will likely be one other key member of the squad after a record-breaking home season. He grew to become the primary Indian swimmer to breach the eight-minute mark within the 800m freestyle, setting a nationwide file of seven:59.36, and in addition broke the 1500m freestyle nationwide file.
Butterfly specialist Rohit Benedicton has additionally been included within the workforce after enhancing his personal nationwide file within the 50m butterfly twice on the identical day on the nationwide championships, in line with Olympics.com.
Several swimmers from the Asian Games squad additionally competed on the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow final month, with Sajan reaching the 200m butterfly ultimate, Srihari progressing to the 100m backstroke semi-finals and Aryan that includes within the 800m and 1500m freestyle finals.
India will intention to finish a 12-year look forward to an Asian Games swimming medal in Aichi-Nagoya. Sandeep Sejwal was the final Indian swimmer to win a medal on the continental occasion, claiming bronze within the 50m breaststroke at Incheon 2014.
India did not win a swimming medal at Hangzhou 2023 regardless of recording six nationwide information.
Indian swimming workforce for Asian Games 2026, in line with Olympics.com.Rohit Benedicton (males’s 50m butterfly, males’s 100m butterfly, males’s 100m freestyle, males’s 4x100m freestyle relay, males’s 4x100m medley relay)Rishabh Das (males’s 50m backstroke, males’s 100m backstroke, males’s 4x100m medley relay)Vedaant Madhavan (males’s 200m backstroke, males’s 200m freestyle, males’s 4x200m freestyle relay)Akash Mani (males’s 50m freestyle, males’s 100m freestyle, males’s 4x100m freestyle relay, males’s 4x100m medley relay)Srihari Nataraj (males’s 50m backstroke)Aryan Nehra (males’s 800m freestyle, males’s 1500m freestyle)Utkarsh Santosh Patil (males’s 100m backstroke, males’s 200m backstroke)Sajan Prakash (males’s 100m butterfly, males’s 200m butterfly)Heer Gitesh Shah (males’s 50m freestyle, males’s 4x100m freestyle relay)Dhakshan Shashikumar (males’s 400m freestyle, males’s 4x200m freestyle relay)Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda (males’s 200m freestyle, males’s 400m freestyle, males’s 4x100m freestyle relay, males’s 4x200m freestyle relay)Danush Suresh (males’s 50m breaststroke, males’s 100m breaststroke, males’s 4x100m medley relay). (ANI)