Men's 4x100m medley relay team finishes sixth

Guangzhou, Nov 18 (PTI) A second medal eluded India in
the swimming competitions of the Asian Games as its men's
4x100m medley relay team finished a disappointing sixth in the
finals at the Asian Games here Thursday.
The quartet of Rehan Poncha, Sandeep Sejwal, M Badrinath
(who replaced Virdhawal Khade in the finals) and Aaron D'Souza
clocked 3:52.97s.
Japanese team bagged gold medal by clocking 3:34.10 while
team from South Korea claimed the silver with a timing of
3:38.30 followed by Kazakhstani tean which managed 3:40.55.
Earlier, Poncha, Sejwal, Virdhawal Khade and D'Souza
finished sixth, clocking 3:49.38s, in the heats to qualify for
the final.
Virdhawal Khade won the first and only bronze for India
with his third place finish in the 50m butterfly event on
Tuesday.
It was disappointment for India in the individual events
on the day as Mandar Anandrao Divase (1500m freestyle), M
Badrinath (50m backstroke) and Sandeep Sejwal (200m
breaststroke) failed to make the final cut.
Even though Divase won one of the heats in men's 1500m
freestyle with a timing of 16:11.84s but he failed to be among
eight fastest swimmers who made it to the final.
In men's 50m backstroke, Badrinath too failed to enter
the final after finishing seventh with a timing of 27.63s.
Sejwal also witnessed similar fate as he finished fourth
in one of the men's 200m breaststroke heats, clocking 2:19.78.
Thursday was the final day of the swimming competitions
in the Asian Games. PTI CM