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Indian Swimmers Fail to Medal at Asian Games; Prakash, Das, Patil Finish Empty-Handed
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News18•25-09-2026, 16:45
Indian Swimmers Fail to Medal at Asian Games; Prakash, Das, Patil Finish Empty-Handed
- •Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash, Rishabh Das, and Utkarsh Patil failed to secure any medals at the Asian Games in Tokyo.
- •Sajan Prakash finished seventh in the men’s 200m butterfly final, clocking 1:58.42s.
- •Rishabh Das and Utkarsh Patil placed sixth and seventh respectively in the men s 200m backstroke events.
- •Kuan-hung Wang of Chinese Taipei won gold in the 200m butterfly, while Kodai Nishiono of Japan took gold in the 200m backstroke.
- •Other Indian swimmers, Dhanshan Shashikumar, Aneesh Gowda, and Dhanush Suresh, also failed to qualify for their respective finals.
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Seasoned swimmer Sajan Prakash finished seventh in the men's 200m butterfly final with a time of 1:58.42s during his final appearance at the Asian Games.
Kodai Nishiono of Japan won the gold medal in the men's 200m backstroke event with a timing of 1:56.42s.
Rishabh Das finished sixth with a time of 1:58.77s, while Utkarsh Patil finished right behind him in seventh place with a timing of 2:00.94s.
