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Veteran paddler A Sharath Kamal turned back the clock to make the next round and fencer C A Bhavani Devi showed some spark in her debut but India's Olympic campaign on day 3 of the competitions was littered with disappointments.
The Keralite clocked 1:57.22s as opposed to his personal best of 1:56.38 in 200m butterfly.
Britain's Adam Peaty repeated his gold medal success from Rio in the 100m breaststroke while Canadian Maggie MacNeil stormed to victory in a close women's 100m butterfly.
Keralite swimmer Sajan Prakash will compete in men's 200m butterfly heats.
Ahmed Hafnaoui struck gold in men's 400m freestyle while the hosts celebrated a surprise gold for Yui Ohashi in the women's 400m medley.
A glance at the nine Malayalis who will be hoping to put their best foot forward in the Japanese capital.
The battle for Olympic glory begins in Tokyo on Friday.
Swimming, particularly at elite level and in nations that bag most of the medals when the Olympic Games come around, has long been white-dominated.
Recently Virat was in South Hampton for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand.
This is the second consecutive year Prakash, who is set to compete in his second Olympics in Tokyo, has been recommended for the Arjuna.