Tokyo: The prakash sajan swimmer finished second in the heat but it was not enough to advance the semifinals of the 100m men’s butterfly event when the Indian underwhelming campaign at the Tokyo Olympics ended there on Thursday.
Prakash, who also competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, so the second was the second no later than 53.45.
The pieces were placed at 51.74.
The 27-year-old child from Kerala, was finished 46 among 55 swimmers.
Top-16 developed into the semifinals.
The three Indian swimmers – Prakash, Srihari Nataraj, and Maana Patel – home after a disappointing show, failed to even match their best time in their main events.
Prakash, who became the first Indian to violate the ‘Olympic’ A ‘qualification last month to qualify for the Tokyo match, has finished overall 24 in 200m butterflies, his pet, on Monday.
Nataraj, competing at the first Olympics, was ranked 27th among 40 swimmers in the back style of 100m.
Prakash and Nataraj have raised the expectations of everyone in running Tokyo games consistently shaving the time from their best’s best.
If Nataraj matches the best in his teachings, he will qualify for the semifinals.
Maana, who qualifies for the match through the “Universality Quota” that allows one male and female competitors from a country to participate in the Olympics, has finished overall 39 in the back style of 100m women.