{"id":43265,"date":"2024-07-29T14:12:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T09:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=43265"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T09:12:50","slug":"pakistani-swimmers-fall-short-in-200m-freestyle-at-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistani-swimmers-fall-short-in-200m-freestyle-at-paris-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani swimmers fall short in 200m freestyle at Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS: At the Paris Olympics 2024<\/a>, Pakistani swimmers Ahmed Durrani and Jehanara Nabi had a disappointing performance in the 200-metre freestyle events on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ahmed Durrani, competing in the men\u2019s 200-metre freestyle<\/a>, finished last overall with a time of 1:58.67. He placed fourth in his heat, with splits of 26.62, 29.21, 31.06, and 31.78. This result was a significant drop from his national record of 1:55.68, set in April at the Malaysian Age Group Championships.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s 200-metre freestyle, Jehanara Nabi clocked 2:10.69, finishing third in her heat and 26th overall. This was more than two seconds slower than her personal best and national record of 2:08.57, achieved in April at the Thailand Age Group Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n

Nabi\u2019s splits were 29.80,32.49, 33.80, and 34.60. Despite finishing ahead of competitors from Albania, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Nepal, she did not advance to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Both Durrani and Nabi are among Pakistan\u2019s three wild card entries, including sprinter Faiqa Riaz. Wild cards are given to athletes from countries that did not meet standard entry requirements.<\/p>\n

India’s wild card swimmers also competed on Sunday. Fourteen-year-old Dhinidhi Desinghu finished with a time of 2:06.96, surpassing Nabi\u2019s performance. Two-time Olympian Srihari Nataraj completed the 100-metre backstroke in 55.01, but neither swimmer achieved a personal best in Paris.<\/p>\n

As their Olympic journey ends, Durrani and Nabi will watch the semi-finals from the stands. Romanian David Popovici leads the men\u2019s semi-finals with a time of 1:45.65, followed by Lithuania\u2019s Danys Rapsis with 1:45.91 and Belgium\u2019s Lucas Henveaux with 1:46.04.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s 200-metre freestyle, Australia\u2019s Mollie O\u2019Callaghan leads the semi-final rankings with a time of 1:55.79. Her teammate, Ariarne Titmus, advances as the third seed with 1:56.23, just behind Canada\u2019s Mary-Sophie Harvey, who recorded 1:56.21. Titmus recently won Australia\u2019s first gold medal in Paris, defending her 400m freestyle title with a time of 3:57.49, ahead of Canada\u2019s Summer McIntosh and USA\u2019s Katie Ledecky.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, shooters Gulfam Joseph and Kishmala Talat struggled in their events at the Paris Olympics 2024.<\/p>\n

Joseph competed in the 10-meter air pistol event but did not qualify for the finals, finishing 22nd out of 33 competitors with a score of 571 points out of 600.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Kishmala Talat also missed the final round of the 10-metre air pistol event, scoring 567 points across six series.<\/p>\n

Both shooters will next compete in the mixed-team event on July 29. Kishmala’s primary Olympic hopes rest on the women’s 25m pistol event.<\/p>\n

Pakistan has sent seven athletes to the Olympics, accompanied by 11 officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PARIS: At the Paris Olympics 2024, Pakistani swimmers Ahmed Durrani and Jehanara Nabi had a disappointing performance in the 200-metre freestyle events on Sunday. Ahmed Durrani, competing in the men\u2019s 200-metre freestyle, finished last overall with a time of 1:58.67. He placed fourth in his heat, with splits of 26.62, 29.21, 31.06, and 31.78. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":43266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10861,19931],"class_list":["post-43265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-paris-olympics","tag-200-meter-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43267,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43265\/revisions\/43267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}