India, July 28 -- India's Srihari Nataraj qualified for the 100 m backstroke semifinals but veteran Sajan Prakash failed to go past the Heats of 50 m butterfly event in the Commonwealth Games swimming competition on Tuesday, July 28.

Nataraj finished fifth in his Heat and 13th overall with a timing of 55.58 seconds. The 16 fastest swimmers move ahead from the preliminary stage and the semifinals will be held later tonight.

Nataraj, whose timing at the 50m mark was 26.26 seconds, has a personal best of 53.77 seconds, which is also the national record that he created in 2021, respectively.

Sajan, although, failed to qualify after finishing eighth in his Heat and ranked 28th overall in the competition.

The 32-year-old, who was part of th...