Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash clocked 01:59.31 in 200M butterfly at Latvian Open and 1st Indian swimmer to meet Olympic B qualification time of 01:59.97 after the lockdown. he had earlier achieved the B qualification in 2019.
Sajan Prakash, who competed in the 2016 Olympics, didn’t rewrite his personal best marks but did enough in the 200m butterfly (1:58.45) to make the OST cut. According to the Olympic qualification process, a swimmer meeting the OST was eligible for entry, and their entry was allotted/filled in by ranking.
While Virdhawal Khade and S.P. Likith came within a second of their personal best, they finished 40 and above in their respective categories. Virdhawal, 28, finished 50th in the 50m freestyle and performed better for a 41st-place finish in the 50m butterfly.
