Sajan Prakash Makes History in Rome, Becomes First Indian Swimmer to Qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics | The National Bulletin

Sajan Prakash on Saturday became the first-ever Indian swimmer to breach the ‘A’ Olympic qualification time by clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy. The 27-year-old made the Tokyo Games ‘A’ standard, set at 1:56.48 seconds, by 0.10 seconds at the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifier.

With the historic sprint, Prakash also rewrote his own national record of 1:56.96s that he had set last week at the Belgrade Trophy swimming competition.

This will be Prakash’s second successive Olympics, having represented India in the 2016 Rio Games.

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