Asian Games 2018, Swimming Final: Sajan Prakash Fighting for Gold, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results

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That's it from the pool for today. Not a bad day for India, by any means. They could not get any medal, but getting into the final was definitely a commendable effort. Hopefully, Indian swimming will get inspired from this and excel further.

The final standings of the men's 200m butterfly final

The gold goes to China, as expected. Li Zhuhao gets the gold.

The silver and the bronze go to Japan and Singapore respectively.

And the race is over! Sajan Prakash FINISHES IN FIFTH POSITION IN A FIELD OF SEVEN!

At the 150m turn, Sajan's timing is 1:26.56

At the 100m turn, Sajan's timing is 56.01

And we are off!!!!!

Can he get a medal?

Sajan Prakash will race for India in Lane 3!!!

And the men's 200m butterfly event is about to get under way!

We have another Indian in contention tonight as Sajan Prakash will be up in action in the 200m butterfly final. Can he get a medal?

Stay tuned. We'll bring you live updates of that final too.

He might have finishes seventh, but it was still a commendable effort from the young Indian. Let us hope this experience will motivate him to excel further.

The men's 100m backstroke final standings

China, Japan and Korea take the top three podium finishes.

China's Xu Jiayu also makes a new Games record on his way to winning the gold medal.!

With 56.19, Nataraj finishes in SEVENTH POSITION!!!!!

CHINA WINS THIS RACE!

AND WE ARE OFF!

Nataraj is in Lane 8

The competitors are warming up

The swimmers are being introduced now!

NATARAJ IS HERE!

AND THE FINAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!!!!!

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We have to wait for some time as the victory ceremonies of the previous events are going on.

Stay tuned as we bring you live updates.

That's the line-up for the men's 100m backstroke final

Nataraj is in the eighth place in the final. So he definitely has tough competition out there if he wants to win a medal.

But qualifying for the final and find a place among the best eight of Asia in his discipline was impressive, nonetheless!

Asian Games 2018: Srihari Nataraj breaks the 100m Backstroke National Record

First up is the young prodigy, Srihari Nataraj. What a year he has been having! He impressed at the Commonwealth Games in April and broke the national record for the 100m backstroke event to qualify for the Asiad final!!!!

Good afternoon! The first of the two swimming finals, involving an Indian, is about to get under way!

He does so indeed! Sajan Prakash makes it to the Final of the Men's 200m Butterfly event!

We will have to wait and see if he makes it to the final.

Sajan Prakash finishes is second after a closely contested heat!

The Indian has recorded 26.25 over the first 50m, 0.05 better than his closest opponent.

Prakash has the lead over the first 50m but not by much. Can he sustain it till the end?

Sajan Prakash's Heat is underway!

Heat 2 is underway. Sajan Prakash's heat coming up shortly.

Heat 1 is currently ongoing, followed by Heat 2, and finally Sajan Prakash's Heat 3.

Men's 200m Butterfly event is underway!

One more event to go, which is, Men's 200m Butterfly. Sajan Prakash is representing India in this one!

Disappointment for Mani Arvind, though, as he is eliminated.

The Men's 100m Backstroke event is finished and Srihari Nataraj has qualified for today's Final!

Srihari Nataraj has qualified for the Finals

Three more Heats beofre the Finals list is confirmed.

Srihari Nataraj takes the first place as he finished the race in 55.86 seconda. Mani Arvind takes 58.09 seconds to do the same.

Great finish by both the Indian swimmers as they finish the first heat in 1st and 2nd position.

Great start by both the swimmers who are in a 1-2 position at the 50m mark!