The 20-year-old clocked 48.65s in the men's 100m freestyle event to better Sajan Prakash's best Indian performance. However, the timing wasn't enough to take the Bengaluru swimmer to the semifinals as he finished 38th in the overall heats and only the top 16 swimmers move forward.
The 20-year-old swimmer timed 24.40 seconds to finish 26th in the overall heats but couldn't make the cut for the semi-final.
Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj and Delhi's Kushagra Rawat continued to sparkle in the pool as the duo rewrote national records for the second consecutive day at the 74th Senior National Aquatic Championship
Nataraj wasn’t able to enter a swimming pool form mid-March till September, when a two-month national camp was arranged in Dubai last year.
Nataraj's feat came on Sunday and was also a new national record besides being enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds.
Nataraj's Sunday's effort, which came in a time trial, has created a new national record, which was enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds.
The 20-year-old Bengaluru swimmer clocked 53.90 seconds bettering his own national record in the 100m men's backstroke event.
The 20-year-old clocked 25.11 seconds to bag the top prize in the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifying event on Saturday night.
Though he bettered his performance in the final, it wasn't good enough for the Olympic 'A' qualification mark.
The 19-year-old Nataraj, who hails from Bengaluru, has a personal best of 54.69 seconds, which is 'B' qualification mark clocked in the 2019 World Junior Championships held in Budapest.
In a bid to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed over 82,000 worldwide, countries, including India, have gone into lockdowns and all sports events have been halted across the globe.
Srihari created a national record in the men's 100m backstroke, his last individual event of this meet. He finished with a time of 55.63s.
While Manu shot her way to a gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in the finals of National Shooting Championships, Srihari broke his own 100-meter backstroke national record while winning six gold and a silver medal at the Khelo India School Games.
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