Sajan Prakash becomes first Indian swimmer to breach qualification mark, gets direct entry to Olympics
With this new record, Sajan Prakash rewrote his personal best of 1:56.96s that he had set last week at the Belgrade Trophy swimming competition. Written By Sajan Prakash becomes first Indian swimmer to breach qualification mark, gets direct entry to Olympics.
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Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash created history and etched India s name in the books as he breached the qualification mark in the men’s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy. He also became the first-ever Indian swimmer to directly qualify for the Olympic Games by breaching the qualification mark known as the ‘A’ Cut which stood at 1:56.48 min. Prakash clocked an impressive international swimming record of 1:56.38 minutes in the 200m butterfly event and booked the Tokyo Olympics seat.