Sajan Prakash became the first Indian swimmer to make the 200m butterfly final at the Asian Games since Khazan Singh won a silver in the event in 1986, but his excitement was muted. When he took to the pool in the qualifiers here on Sunday, the 24-year-old native of Idukki district had no clue about the whereabouts of his maternal grandmother and his uncle’s family in the flooded district.
Sajan Prakash became the first Indian swimmer to make the 200m butterfly final at the Asian Games since Khazan Singh won a silver in the event in 1986, but his excitement was muted. When he took to the pool in the qualifiers here on Sunday, the 24-year-old native of Idukki district had no clue about the whereabouts of his maternal grandmother and his uncle’s family in the flooded district.