Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke Heats: Rishabh Das in final

Rishabh Das advanced to the men’s 100m backstroke final, clocking 54.85s to finish third in his heat. 

Swimming in lane 2, Utkarsh Patil clocked 56.19s to finish 12th overall.  

Both Indian swimmers were in Heat 3.

The national record in the event stood in the name of Srihari Natraj, who clocked 53.77s in 2021.