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Prakash 1st Indian swimmer to get direct entry to Olympics

Sajan Prakash became the first Indian swimmer ever to qualify for Olympics by achieving A qualification mark when he clocked 1 minute 56.38 seconds in the men's 200 metres butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome on Saturday. His time is better than the Olympic A qualification mark of 1 minute 56.48 second.

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New Delhi

Six Indian swimmers had achieved the B qualification in the 2019-2020 Olympic qualification period. B qualification is wild card entry while A qualification is automatic berth. 

While many Indian swimmers have competed at the Olympics before, no one qualified directly  by cracking the A qualification mark.

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