<p>The Indian men's 4x100m medley relay team swam a sensational heat, obliterating the national record to enter the final of the Asian Games on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likhith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew clocked 3:40.84 to finish behind Japan in heat 1.</p>.PM Modi congratulates women cricket team for Asian Games gold, other winners.<p>They bettered the national record of 3:44.94 set by Nataraj, Sandeep Sejwal, Prakash, Aaron D'Souza in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta.</p>.<p>They finished fourth overall to advance to the final, which will be held later in the day.</p>.<p>The two other Indian swimmers competing in the day -- Palak Joshi and Shivangi Sarma -- failed to progress to the finals of their respective events.</p>.<p>While Shivangi finished 17th in the women's 100m freestyle event, Palak was (2:25.81) ranked 14 among 19 swimmers in the women's 200m backstroke (58.31).</p>
<p>The Indian men's 4x100m medley relay team swam a sensational heat, obliterating the national record to enter the final of the Asian Games on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likhith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew clocked 3:40.84 to finish behind Japan in heat 1.</p>.PM Modi congratulates women cricket team for Asian Games gold, other winners.<p>They bettered the national record of 3:44.94 set by Nataraj, Sandeep Sejwal, Prakash, Aaron D'Souza in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta.</p>.<p>They finished fourth overall to advance to the final, which will be held later in the day.</p>.<p>The two other Indian swimmers competing in the day -- Palak Joshi and Shivangi Sarma -- failed to progress to the finals of their respective events.</p>.<p>While Shivangi finished 17th in the women's 100m freestyle event, Palak was (2:25.81) ranked 14 among 19 swimmers in the women's 200m backstroke (58.31).</p>