The women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team also reached the final after finishing eighth.©AFP
Indian swimmers Tanish George Mathew, Vishal Grewal, Anand AS and Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final at the Asian Games on Thursday. They clocked a national record 3:21.22 in their heat to qualify for the final. The men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final will begin today in Hangzhou at 6:18 p.m. Tanish, Srihari and Anand were also part of the previous national record, a 3:23.72 at the 2019 Asian Age Group Championships.
The women’s 4×200 freestyle relay team also reached the final after finishing eighth in the heats with a time of 8:39.64. They will swim for a medal at 6:36 p.m.
Earlier, Srihari Natraj, Likith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish Matthew missed the podium in the men’s 4x100m medley relay at the Asian Games.
Indian swimmers Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Matthew clocked 3:40.84 in the heats of the men’s 4x100m medley relay to secure their place in the final.
While they placed fourth overall, 6.04 seconds behind China, the Indian quartet also broke the national record set during the 2018 Asian Games. The Indian team finished with an impressive time of 3 :40.84 in the sleeves. The time clocked is India’s best time ever recorded in a men’s 4×100 medley event.
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