CWG: Swimmer Sajan 8th in men s 200m Butterfly final (Third Lead)

Gold Coast (Australia) April 7 (IANS) Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash finished a disappointing last in men s 200 metre Butterfly final at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.

In the eight-men final Sajan clocked 1:59.05 seconds to finish five seconds more than the gold medal winner Chad Le Clos of South Africa.

In the process Le Clos achieved a CWG record by clocking a timing of 1:54:00 seconds at the Optus Aquatic Centre here.

Australia s David Morgan bagged the silver after finishing at 1:56:36 while Scotland s Duncan Scott (1:56:60) had to settle for the bronze.

Earlier Sajan narrowly qualified for the finals after finding himself in the reserve category after the Heats. He recorded a timing of 1:58.87 seconds to better his own national record of 1:59.10 and finish at the fifth spot in Heat 2 of the qualification round.

Meanwhile another Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj entered the semi-finals of the men s 50 metre backstroke event earlier on Saturday.

Srihari recorded a time of 26.47 seconds to qualify in the ninth spot among 16 qualifiers in his category. The Indian finished third in Heat 1 behind Australia s Mitch Larkin and Xavier Castelli of Wales.

--IANS
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