Tokyo 2020: Maana Patel finishes second in heat, fails to reach semifinals

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Tokyo, July 25: It was a disappointing day for Indian swimmers as Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel's Olympic campaign came to an end on Sunday (July 25).

Appearing in their maiden Olympics, both Nataraj and Patel failed to qualify for their respective events in the ongoing Tokyo Games.

Both swimmers were unable to match their personal best performances in the 100m backstroke events. Srihari managed a time of 54.31s to finish his men's 100m backstroke heat in a creditable sixth place.

The 20-year-old has a personal best of 53.77s that he had clocked at the Sette Colli Trophy in Italy to qualify for the Tokyo Games in June. Overall, Srihari was ranked 27 among the 40 swimmers. The top 16 swimmers qualify for the semifinals.

On the other hand, Maana, finished with a time of 1.05.20 behind Zimbabwe's Donata Katai, who clocked 1:02.73 while Grenada's Kimberly Ince (1:10.24) finished third in the slowest heat.

The 21-year-old Indian, who qualified for the Games via a "Universality quota", finished 39th overall.

(Source: PTI)

Story first published: Sunday, July 25, 2021, 18:09 [IST]

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Tokyo 2020: Maana Patel finishes second in heat, fails to reach semifinals

It was a disappointing day for Indian swimmers as Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel's Olympic campaign came to an end on Sunday (July 25).