Srihari recorded a time of 54.31 seconds in men's 100m backstroke Heat 3. The young swimmer finished fifth in Heat 3 but finished 27th overall
Maana Patel after competing in a heat for the women's 100m backstroke swimming event. Pic Odd Andersen/AFP
Young Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj has failed to qualify for the men's 100m Backstroke semi-finals in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
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Srihari recorded a time of 54.31 seconds in men's 100m backstroke Heat 3. The young swimmer finished fifth in Heat 3 but finished 27th overall. Swimmer Maana Patel also failed to qualify for the 100m Backstroke semi-finals. The young Indian swimmer recorded 1:05:20 seconds in the Heat 1. Zimbabwe's Donata Katai clocked 1:02.73 seconds and finished first in the women's 100m backstroke event.
Earlier this month, Maana Patel became the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics through the universality quota.
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