Tokyo Olympics: Maana Patel finishes second in heat, fails to reach semifinals: Indian swimmer Maana Patel could not qualify for the semifinals of the women’s 100m backstroke event as she finished second in her heat at the Tokyo Games here on Sunday.
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Competing in her first Olympics, Maana finished with a time of 1.05.20
behind Zimbabwe’s Donata Katai, who clocked 1:02.73.
Grenada’s Kimberly Ince (1:10.24) finished third in the slowest heat 1.
The 21-year-old Indian, who qualified for the Games via a ‘Universality quota’, finished 39th overall.
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