Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj to spearhead Indian swimming marketing campaign at Commonwealth Games 2022

Tokyo Olympians Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj, together with debutants Kushagra Rawat and Advait Page, will signify the Indian swimming crew on the Commonwealth Games 2022 to be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8.

Olympians Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj named in Indian swimming crew for CWG 2022 (Twitter Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSIt will likely be Sajan and Srihari’s second successive CWG lookSwimming Federation of India (SFI) has secured 4 quota locations for CWGIndia are but to win a Commonwealth Games swimming medal

Tokyo Olympians Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj will lead a four-member Indian swimming crew on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games subsequent month. Apart from Prakash and Nataraj, fast-rising Delhi swimmer Kushagra Rawat and Madhya Pradesh’s Advait Page will likely be making their debuts on the quadrennial occasion, slated to be held from July 28 to August 8 in Birmingham, UK.

The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) has secured 4 quota locations for the 2022 CWG and the nationwide physique have introduced that swimmers who obtain the sixth place of their respective occasions from the 2018 Gold Coast CWG could be thought-about for the quota slots on this version.

It will likely be Sajan and Srihari’s second successive CWG look. The duo, together with Virdhawal Khade, competed at Gold Coast 2018.

Sajan Prakash, who grew to become the primary Indian swimmer to straight qualify for the Olympics final 12 months, will compete within the males’s 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly occasions at Birmingham 2022, an olympics.com report mentioned.

On the opposite hand, the 21-year-old Srihari will swim within the males’s 50m freestyle, 100m and 200m backstroke occasions and Kushagra Rawat and Advait Page will compete within the males’s freestyle classes.

Notably, India are but to win a Commonwealth Games swimming medal.