: Sunday, June 27, 2021, 12:50 PM IST 'Nation is proud of you': Sajan Prakash becomes first Indian swimmer to achieve 'A' qualifying standard; netizens cheer on Photo: Twitter/@swim_sajan Sajan Prakash on Saturday entered his name in Indian swimming record books by winning an automatic berth for the Tokyo Olympic Games in the men's 200 metres butterfly event here. Prakash clocked 1 minutes 56.38 seconds in the Sette Colli swimming competition. This timing was better than the Olympics 'A' qualification time of 1:56.48 secs. He is the first ever Indian swimmer to have achieved 'A' qualifying standard in the history of Indian swimming. "I have worked very hard for this, and I was confident with the way I had trained. This was my last chance, and I knew I had to do it here. I had come so close to the qualifying mark in the previous meets. My coach Pradeep Kumar sir, and I planned my tapering in such a way that I would peak at these two events in Serbia and Rome," the 27-year-old swimmer said after achieving the incredible feat.