China's 13-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi completed a hat-trick of Asian Games golds on Wednesday with a dominant victory in the 400m individual medley.
Vedaant Madhavan is part of the men's 4x200m freestyle relay team, with Sajan Prakash, Dhakshan Shashikumar and Aneesh Sunil being the other members, which failed to make the final on Monday
Yu Zidi took the 200-meter individual medley in 2 minutes, 6.10 seconds. That is just off the world record of 2:05.70 held by Canada's Summer McIntosh.
Sajan Prakash, Dhakshan Shashikumar, Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil also failed to make the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final. The Indian quartet finished ninth among 13 teams in 7:24.32.
Swimmer Srihari Natraj made it to the finals of the men's 50 m backstroke event after success in their heat during the ongoing Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya on Monday.
An Indian swimmer, who had qualified for the Asian Games, was on Wednesday suspended for 18 months after failing a dope test and will miss the continental event in Aichi-Nagoya this month.
The agreement marks a significant step towards strengthening sports infrastructure and creating a high-performance ecosystem for swimming in the North Eastern Region.
Vedaant Madhavan, along with two-time Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash, will spearhead India's 12-member swimming squad at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Seasoned Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the men's 200m freestyle finals at the Commonwealth Games, signing off a disappointing fifth in his heat and 20th overall in Glasgow on Wednesday.
India's Srihari Nataraj qualified for the 100m backstroke semifinals but veteran Sajan Prakash failed to go past the Heats of 50m butterfly event in the Commonwealth Games swimming competition in Glasgow on Tuesday.
The Indian men's 4x200m freestyle relay team advanced to the final after finishing third in their heat, keeping alive hopes of a swimming medal at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
Indian swimmers endured a disappointing outing at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday as both Dhakshan Shashikumar (3:58.09s) and Aryan Nehra (4:00.26s) failed to qualify for the final of the 400m freestyle event