India finished fifth in the men’s 4x100m medley team relay© X (formerly Twitter)
The Indian men’s 4x100m medley relay team erased the national record for the second time today, but it was not enough to clinch a medal as they finished fifth at the 2023 Asian Games on Tuesday. The quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likhith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew improved on the time of 3:40.84 set earlier in the first heat of the day, with a time of 3:40.20 in the final. China won the gold medal with an Asian record time of 3:27.01, while silver and bronze went to Korea (3:32.05) and Japan (3:32.05), respectively. 32.52). In the morning session, the Indians bettered the national record of 3:44.94 set by Nataraj, Sandeep Sejwal, Prakash and Aaron D’Souza during the last edition of the Games in Jakarta.
They finished fourth overall to qualify for the final.
The other two Indian swimmers competing that day – Palak Joshi and Shivangi Sarma – failed to qualify for the finals of their respective events.
While Shivangi finished 17th in the women’s 100m freestyle event, Palak was (2:25.81) ranked 14th among 19 swimmers in the women’s 200m backstroke (58.31).
Aryan Nehra and Kushagra Rawat also disappointed by finishing seventh and eighth in the men’s 1,500m freestyle.
But Aryan managed to achieve a personal milestone by setting a new national record of 15:20.91. He improved on the 15:23.66 set by Advait Page in 2021.
Aryan’s previous personal best was 15:29.76.
Kushagra finished last with a time of 15:44.61.
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