Swimmer Mana Patel’s Olympic journey ends
July 26, 2021
Ahmedabad: City based swimmer Mana Patel’s Olympic journey has ended.
Maana clocked below personal best in women’s 100m backstroke. She competed but failed to qualify for semifinals.
Among 43 competitors Maana finished 39th clocking 1 minute 05.20 seconds.
The 21-year-old from Ahmedabad entered the Olympics thanks to FINA’s Universality Quota. She has a personal best of 1:03.77s a national record set at the Belgrade Trophy on June 20 in Serbia in the 100m backstroke event. Her previous record of 1:04.21s was set in 2015 in Uzbekistan.
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