Swimmer Srihari Nataraj clocked a personal best of 54.07 seconds to win gold in the men's 100 metres backstroke in the Uzbekistan Open Summer Swimming Championships in Tashkent on Thursday.

Srihari Nataraj was India's entry for the Summer Olympics 2024 in the 100m backstroke event. The Paris Olympics was his second participation in the big event as he was part of the 2020 Tokyo Games.

IMAGE: Srihari Nataraj led the charge for swimming powerhouse Karnataka with his fifth gold at the National Games. Photograph: Srihari Nataraj/Instagram Two national records fell by the wayside ...

They have also broken national records. Srihari Nataraj, who hails from Bengaluru in Karnataka, displayed a stellar performance in the 200m freestyle event and broke the previous national record ...

IMAGE: Srihari Nataraj, who competed at the Tokyo Olympics, clocked 25.50 seconds and finished behind Hungary's Adam Jaszo, at the 30th Mare Nostrum swimming tour at the Canet-en-Roussillon ...

so this is going to pick up quite fast - everyone loves taking on a challenge," Puma athlete and double olympian swimmer Srihari Nataraj commented while warming up for his HYROX race. From 16-year ...