‘It’s necessary to give attention to each positives and negatives and never simply on what went fallacious’
‘It’s necessary to give attention to each positives and negatives and never simply on what went fallacious’
Srihari Nataraj might not have secured a podium end on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, however he little doubt emerged with immense credit score.
Amidst a glut of medals for the Indians throughout sports activities, the swimmer’s performances might have caught the attention solely fleetingly, however they represented vital enhancements for Indian swimming.
Narrow miss
The 21-year-old’s fifth-place end within the males’s 50m backstroke was the perfect place by an able-bodied Indian swimmer on the CWG. In 100m backstroke, he clocked 54.31s to complete seventh, with the bronze 1 / 4 second away. In 200m backstroke heats, he got here dwelling in 2:00.84s, the all time by an Indian, to complete simply exterior the top-eight and narrowly miss out on the ultimate.
“Overall, it was a good performance,” Srihari stated, from Birmingham. “Unfortunate that I missed out on a medal… considering my best time (53.77, 100m backstroke) would have won gold. On that day all I had was 54.3(1). We came into the meet with the clear goal of winning a medal. It is nice to know that I am the best Indian. But it wasn’t what we had in mind.
“[But] there are some positives. I have been having really good starts. As the meet progressed, I started looking better and in 200m, I looked the best. It’s important to focus on both positives and negatives and not just on what went wrong.”
Swimming is a type of few sports activities that’s fiercely aggressive even on the continental degree. At CWG, there are the Australians, South Africans and the Brits. At the Asian Games, there are the Chinese and the Japanese. There is solely no respite.
“I wouldn’t say it is pressure. I enjoy it and [am] kind of glad that every tournament is tough to medal at. It also gives us an idea how many guys you have to do better than. Like if I get to beat all ten here, then at the Worlds it is a couple of more guys from the USA. I look at it that way.”
For now, Srihari is taking a look at a interval of relaxation, following the postponement of Asian Games to 2023. “I have had a long season since the Olympics. I can now let my body recover. If Asian Games had been this year, it would have been two meets for me to peak at. So, in a way, it’s good. Next season there is going to be the Asian Games and the World Championships. I will be building towards those.”
Source: www.thehindu.com
