Srihari, Sajan disappoint

Placed in the semi-fil 2, Srihari completed the race in 26.50 seconds with a 0.64 second reaction time. In the eight-men fil, Sajan, clocked 1:59.05 seconds to finish five seconds more than the gold medal winner Chad Le Clos of South Africa.

Srihari position in the semi-fil 2 was fifth but in the overall semi-fils standings, he was ninth. Top eight performers enter the fil.

Earlier during the heats, Srihari recorded a time of 26.47 seconds to qualify in the ninth spot among 16 qualifiers. The Indian finished third in Heat 1 behind Australia's Mitch Larkin and Xavier Castelli of Wales.

In men's 200 metre Butterfly fil event, Sajan finished last and in the process, Le Clos achieved a CWG record by clocking a timing of 1:54:00 seconds at the Optus Aquatic Centre here.

Earlier, Sajan rrowly qualified for the fils after finding himself in the reserve category after the Heats. He recorded a timing of 1:58.87 seconds to better his own tiol record of 1:59.10, and finish at the fifth spot in Heat 2 of the qualification round. IANS