Swimmer Sajan Prakash finished second in his heat in the men's 100m butterfly event on Thursday, but it was not enough to make it to the semi-finals. With this the Indian challenge in the swimming competition of Tokyo Olympics also came to an end. Prakash, who also represented the country in Rio Olympics 2016, clocked 53.45 seconds, while the cut for the semi-finals was 51.74 seconds. Two other Indian swimmers competing in the Olympics, Mana Patel and Srihari Natraj, have already been out of the competition.
The 27-year-old swimmer from Kerala finished 46th among 55 players. The top 16 swimmers advance to the semi-finals. Earlier on Monday, Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash failed to make the semi-finals of the men's 200m butterfly event at the Tokyo Olympics after finishing fourth in heat two on Monday.
Sajan, who achieved Olympic 'A' qualifying level in Italy last month with a personal best of 1:56.38s, clocked 1:57.22s to finish 24th among 38 swimmers. The top 16 swimmers made it to the semi-finals.