CWG 2022: Srihari Nataraj registers best Indian time in 200m backstroke, but fails to enter final
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Indian swimmer Srihari Natraj recorded the best time by an Indian in the 200m backstroke competition at the Commonwealth Games 2022 but failed to qualify for the final.
Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj bettered the best Indian time en route a third place finish in heat 2 but could not qualify for the final of the men's 200m backstroke event at the Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday. Nataraj clocked 2:00.84s to be the first reserve in the event.
His previous best was 2:01.70s, which had come during the FINA World junior swimming championships in 2019.
In swimming, a timing is considered a national record only when it has been achieved at the National Aquatics Championships.
Hence, the timings clocked in other meets are called the best Indian time. Luke Greenbank of England won the heat with a timing of 1:56.33s, while South Africa's Pieter Coetze finished second clocking 1:58.08s.
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The best eight swimmers from the three heats qualified for the final. The Indian finished ninth overall and has been kept as the first reserve, which means if anybody pulls out before the final, he would sneak in.
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Nataraj missed out on a direct final berth by just 0.19 seconds. Nataraj had earlier finished fifth, his best-ever result in the CWG, in the men's 50m backstroke final with a timing of 25.23 seconds.
Later in the day, two more Indian swimmers, Advait Page and Kushagra Rawat will compete in the men's 1500m free style event.
