{"id":652446,"date":"2026-08-23T21:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=652446"},"modified":"2026-08-23T21:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:41:25","slug":"india-sending-12-swimmers-to-2026-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/india-sending-12-swimmers-to-2026-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"India Sending 12 Swimmers to 2026 Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>India Sending 12 Swimmers to 2026 Asian Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India is sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/asian-games-2026-india-swimming-team-squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 12-swimmer delegation<\/a> to the Asian Games in September, including Olympians <strong>Srihari Nataraj<\/strong> and <strong>Sajan Prakash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All 12 swimmers are on the men\u2019s side. India did not bring female swimmers to the Commonwealth Games earlier this summer, either.<\/p>\n<p>Nataraj, 25, holds national records in the 100 and 200 free and the 50 and 100 back. He swam the 100 back at the Paris Olympics in 2024 and in Tokyo in 2021. He was joined by Prakash, the national record holder in the 200 fly, in Tokyo. Prakash will turn 33 in September ahead of the meet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/next-months-asian-games-will-feature-star-studded-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next Month\u2019s Asian Games Will Feature Star-Studded Field<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The roster includes <strong>Rohit Benedicton,<\/strong> who took the 100 fly record from Prakash at the Indian Championships in 2025 and set the 50 fly mark this year. Former University of Florida swimmer <strong>Aryan Nehra,<\/strong> the national record holder from 400 to 1,500 meters of freestyle, will also swim, as will young talent <strong>Vedaant Madhavan.<\/strong> The 21-year-old has swum collegiately at Virginia Tech and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>India will field three full relays at the meet. Prakash (200 fly) and Nehra (800 free and 1,500 free) are coming off the Commonwealth Games at which each made finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian Games will take place in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Swimming will be at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from Sept. 20-25. An Indian swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/sports\/cricket\/india-announce-12-member-swimming-squad-for-asian-games-202620260823160928\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last medaled at the meet<\/a> in 2014, via <strong>Sandeep Sejwal\u2019s<\/strong> bronze in the 50 breaststroke.<\/p>\n<h4>Team India for the Asian Games<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rohit Benedicton \u2013 men&#8217;s 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay<\/li>\n<li>Rishabh Das \u2013 men&#8217;s 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke, 400 medley relay<\/li>\n<li>Vedaant Madhavan \u2013 men&#8217;s 200 backstroke, 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle relay<\/li>\n<li>Akash Mani \u2013 men&#8217;s 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay<\/li>\n<li>Srihari Nataraj \u2013 men&#8217;s 50 backstroke<\/li>\n<li>Aryan Nehra \u2013 men&#8217;s 800 freestyle, 1500 freestyle<\/li>\n<li>Utkarsh Santosh Patil \u2013 men&#8217;s 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke<\/li>\n<li>Sajan Prakash \u2013 men&#8217;s 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly<\/li>\n<li>Heer Gitesh Shah \u2013 men&#8217;s 50 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay<\/li>\n<li>Dhakshan Shashikumar \u2013 men&#8217;s 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle relay<\/li>\n<li>Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda \u2013 men&#8217;s 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay<\/li>\n<li>Danush Suresh \u2013 men&#8217;s 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, medley relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India Sending 12 Swimmers to 2026 Asian Games India is sending a 12-swimmer delegation to the Asian Games in September, including Olympians Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash. 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