Maana and Nataraj come up short in heats at Tokyo

(Swimming news) Olympic 2021 Live Update: The last event for India today witnessed two young swimmers in the Men’s and Women’s field in the Tokyo Olympics . Both of them made their debut here, Maana Patel came second in the Women's 100m backstroke Heat 1 with a timing of 1:05.20 but wasn't good enough to finish in the top 16 timings to clinch a spot in the semifinals. She finished 39th overall. 

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Srihari Nataraj finished 5th in Men's 100m backstroke Heat 3 with a timing of 54.31s which wasn't enough to find a spot in the top 16 and finished 27th overall. He qualified through “A” standards to get into Tokyo, both of them are in their early twenties and have plenty of time to prepare to get on top of the podium.

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