A 3-member Indian swimming crew, together with Srihari Nataraj, will depart for Serbia on Tuesday evening to compete within the Belgrade Trophy, a FINA-accredited Olympic qualifying occasion.
The occasion is scheduled to be on June 19 and 20.
Sajan Prakash is presently coaching in Dubai and is anticipated to affix the crew in Belgrade by June 12.
Apart from Olympic ‘B’ qualifying mark achievers Nataraj and Prakash, who’re hoping to make the A qualification mark, the crew includes seasoned again stroker Maana Patel, who just lately returned to type at a world meet in Uzbekistan.
There might be children Aryan Nehra, Shoan Ganguli, Tanish Mathew and Kenisha Gupta who’re a part of the TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) group and have been exhibiting nice promise.
The crew, sans Nehra and Ganguli (who didn’t meet the qualification instances), will journey to Rome on June 23 to participate within the annual Sette Colli Trophy which can also be a FINA-accredited Olympic Qualifying occasion, to be held on June 25, 26 and 27.
They might be accompanied by seasoned coaches Nihar Ameen and Pradeep Kumar.
In April this yr, the Indian swimmers had participated within the Uzbekistan Open, which was their first worldwide meet for the reason that COVID-19 lockdown in March final yr.
“The Indian swimmers, particularly Srihari Nataraj, had done exceedingly well in the Uzbekistan Open and got closer to the A qualifying time in the 100m backstroke event,” stated Swimming Federation of India (SFI) government director Virender Nanavati.
“… Sajan Parkash, Kenisha Gupta and Maana Patel posted spectacular performances of their respective occasions.
“They have been shaping up really well and we are hopeful that they will be able to achieve the qualifying mark before the cutoff date.”
SFI secretary basic Monal Chokshi emphasised that the competitors in Belgrade and Rome is not going to solely be an awesome alternative for the Olympic hopefuls to qualify however this may even present a great publicity for the swimmers getting ready for the forthcoming Asian Games in 2022.
“Upon their arrival in Belgrade, the Indian swimmers might be stationed on the Serbian National Swim Team coaching facility. This will present an awesome publicity for our swimmers forward of the 2 Qualifying meets.
“The squad is in good form, and we are expecting them to swim faster than what they did in Uzbekistan in April,” stated Chokshi.
Of the six Indian swimmers who’ve clocked the B qualifying time to this point, three of them are presently coaching within the USA.
Kushagra Rawat and Advait Page might be collaborating on the final qualification meet in USA from June 24-27.
“SFI is hopeful that one or more of our swimmers will achieve the A cut for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020,” added Chokshi.
SFI president RN Jayaprakash expressed his gratitude to Sports Ministry, the External Affairs Ministry and Sports Authority of India for clearing this journey.
Squad for Belgrade Trophy: Srihari Nataraj (50m & 100m Backstroke), Sajan Prakash (100 & 200m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle), Maana Patel (100m Backstroke), Kenisha Gupta (50m & 100m Freestyle), Tanish Mathew (100m,200m Butterfly,200 Free), Aryan Nehra (200m,400m,1500m Freestyle), Shoan Ganguli ( 200m,400m Individual Medley, 100,200m Butterfly)
Squad for Setti Colli Trophy in Rome: Srihari Nataraj (50m & 100m Backstroke), Sajan Prakash (100 & 200m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle), Maana Patel (100m Backstroke), Kenisha Gupta (50m & 100m Freestyle), Tanish Mathew (200m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly).
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Indian swimmers cleared for Olympic qualifying occasions in Serbia and Rome
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Srihari Nataraj creates nationwide report, wins second gold in Uzbekistan
Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj created a nationwide report in 50m backstroke whereas profitable his second gold of the Uzbekistan Open Championship right here.
The 20-year-old clocked 25.11 seconds to bag the highest prize within the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifying occasion on Saturday evening.
Indian swimmers loved a wealthy haul of 29 medals — 18 gold, seven silver and 4 bronze — within the meet.
It was Srihari’s third nationwide report in two days because the Bengaluru swimmer had rewritten the nationwide marks twice in 100m backstroke, his pet occasion, earlier this week.
In 100m backstroke by which Srihari has already achieved the ‘B’ customary time for Tokyo Olympics, the Indian had clocked his private better of 54.10s within the heats earlier than bettering it to 54.07s within the remaining to win the gold. He missed the Olympic ‘A’ qualification mark within the occasion by simply 0.22 seconds.
Another Olympic hopeful, Sajan Prakash additionally dazzled within the meet, notching up gold medal-winning performances in all 4 classes he participated in.
On the ultimate day on Saturday, the Kerala swimmer, who’s coming off a shoulder harm, completed with a time of 53.69s within the 100m butterfly to face atop the rostrum.
Maana Patel and Suvana Baskar, who clocked a private better of 30.28 seconds, took house the gold and silver respectively within the girls’s 50m backstroke occasion.
Like Srihari, Sajan, the lone male swimmer from the nation to compete on the 2016 Rio Olympics, additionally fell wanting the Olympic ‘A’ mark for Tokyo Games.
Competing in his pet occasion, the 200m butterfly on Tuesday, Sajan had clocked 1.57.85s, lacking the Olympics ‘A’ lower which is about at 1:56.48s.
While a ‘B’ mark means the swimmer will obtain an invite to the occasion if the overall out there quota locations should not stuffed up, an ‘A’ customary ensures an automated berth to line up on the Tokyo Olympics.
Apart from Sajan and Srihari, 4 different Indian swimmers — Virdhawal Khade, Kushagra Rawat, Aryan Makhija and Advait Page — have achieved the B customary for Tokyo Olympics of their respective classes.
No Indian has until date achieved the ‘A’ lower for Tokyo Olympics.