CWG 2022 Srihari Nataraj misses berth in 200m backstroke final by a whisker × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Swimming Commonwealth Games 2022 News CWG 2022 Srihari Nataraj misses berth in 200m backstroke final by a whisker By Hari Kishore M Modified 02 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Srihari Nataraj at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. (PC: Twitter) Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj rewrote his personal best record but still failed to qualify for the men's 200m backstroke finals at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022) in Birmingham on Tuesday (August 2). Nataraj finished third in Heat 2 with a time of 2:00.84s, erasing his previous best of 2:01.70s, which he had set at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in 2019. The best eight swimmers, across three heats, qualify for the final. The Indian finished ninth overall, missing out on a direct final berth by just 0.19 seconds. Read: CWG 2022: The connection between MS Dhoni and the Indian women's Lawn Bowls team Although the third-pace finish did not help Srihari to automatically qualify, the Indian swimmer is now the first reserve for the final. This means if a swimmer pulls out before the final, Srihari will get a chance. In swimming, a timing is considered a national record only when it has been achieved at the National Aquatics Championships. Hence, the timings clocked in other meets are called the best Indian time. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post Luke Greenbank of England won Heat 3 with a timing of 1:56.33s while South Africa's Pieter Coetze finished second, clocking 1:58.08s. Srihari Nataraj is having a good CWG 2022 campaign Srihari Nataraj has had a stupendous CWG 2022 campaign after making the finals in two events. He finished fifth in the men's 50m backstroke finals, clocking 25.23s. It is the best-ever position achieved by an Indian swimmer in the category in a CWG final. Also read: CWG 2022: Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur wins bronze, India's seventh medal in weightlifting He finished seventh in the 100m backstroke final earlier. Swimming in Lane 1, the Bengaluru-based swimmer clocked 54.31s to finish seventh. At the Tokyo Olympics last year, Srihari was the first Indian to swim in the classification A heat. He clocked 54:31s to finish 27th in the men's 100m backstroke event. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post Srihari has received assistance from the Sports Authority of India and has also done well, competing in a plethora of events in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games. He's also part of the Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme. Also Read: Commonwealth Games 2022 India schedule: Full list of events, players, timings in IST and live streaming details Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Ritwik Kumar × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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