Indian swimming today made Commonwealth Games history when the quartet of Virdhawal Khade, Anshul Kothari, Arjun Jayaprakash and Aaron D’Souza finished sixth to make the cut in men’s 4×100m freestyle relay.
India also qualified for the semifinals when Badrinath Melkote (men’s 50m backstroke) and Shubha Chittaranjan (women’s 50m butterfly) finished 14th and 16th in their respective events.
Led by its biggest hope, Khade, the Indian team clocked 3:28.06s at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatics Complex to make its maiden cut in the event.
Led by its biggest hope, Khade, the Indian team clocked 3:28.06s at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatics Complex to make its maiden cut in the event.
Excited at the results, national chief coach S Pradeep Kumar said, that the boys have made history. He said, we have made history by reaching the final for the first time in Commonwealth competition.
Timing wise, the Indian quartet finished 12.87s behind preliminary round toppers- the Australian team of Kyle Morgan Richardson, Cameron Colin Prosser, James Magnussen and Tommaso William D’Orsogna.
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