Commonwealth Games 2026: Sajan Prakash, Aryan Nehra finish eighth in swimming finals; Swatik Patil fifth in para event

Glasgow: Two-time Olympian Sajan Prakash and Aryan Nehra finished eighth in the men's 200m butterfly and 800m freestyle finals respectively, while para swimmer Swatik Patil secured fifth place in the men's 100m breaststroke SB9 event at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday.

Prakash, who had qualified as the sixth fastest swimmer overall from the heats, clocked 1:58.05 to finish last in the eight-man 200m butterfly final. The 32-year-old from Kerala had earlier clocked 1:58.59 to finish second in Heat 2 behind Scotland's Duncan Scott (1:58.29) and book his place in the final.

New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt claimed the gold medal in 1:55.05, while Australia's Harrison Turner (1:55.38) and Matthew Temple (1:55.45) took silver and bronze respectively.


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In the men's 800m freestyle final, Nehra also finished eighth after clocking 8:07.26. Australia swept the podium with Sam Short winning gold in 7:39.81, followed by Benjamin Goedemans (7:46.49) and Matthew Galea (7:47.10).

In para swimming, Patil finished fifth in the men's 100m breaststroke SB9 final with a time of 1:15.82.

Australia's Beau Matthews won gold in 1:09.41, New Zealand's Joshua Willmer claimed silver in 1:11.44, while Australia's Timothy Hodge bagged bronze in 1:12.74.

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The SB9 classification includes swimmers with minimal weakness affecting their legs, missing feet, a missing leg below the knee, or hip impairments.