Prakash 1st Indian swimmer to get direct entry to Olympics
Sajan Prakash became the first Indian swimmer ever to qualify for Olympics by achieving A qualification mark when he clocked 1 minute 56.38 seconds in the men's 200 metres butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome on Saturday. His time is better than the Olympic A qualification mark of 1 minute 56.48 second.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-06-26 17:15 GMT
New Delhi
Six Indian swimmers had achieved the B qualification in the 2019-2020 Olympic qualification period. B qualification is wild card entry while A qualification is automatic berth.
While many Indian swimmers have competed at the Olympics before, no one qualified directly by cracking the A qualification mark.
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