Vedaant, Actor Madhavan's Son, Competes In His First Asian Games. Here's Result
Srihari Nataraj qualified for the 50m backstroke final at the Asian Games here on Monday, but the rest of the Indian swimmers endured a disappointing day, failing to make it beyond the heats. The two-time Olympian clocked 25.37 seconds, the same as Homer Abbasi of Iran, to finish third in his heat and joint-ninth overall to book his place in the final. Rishabh Das, who finished sixth in the men's 100m backstroke on Sunday, clocked 25.41 seconds to narrowly miss the final. He finished 11th overall and was the reserve. In the men's 50m freestyle, Akash Mani and Geetesh Shah finished 26th and 28th respectively, while South Korea's Youngbeom Kim set a new Games record with 21.71 second effort. Akash topped his heat in 23.43 seconds, while Geetesh clocked 23.57 seconds to finish last in his heat. Danush Suresh too failed to qualify for the 100m backstroke final, finishing eighth in his heat and 22nd overall with a time of 1:03.46. Sajan Prakash, Dhakshan Shashikumar, Ved...