Six-man army to compete for India in aquatics events at Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014

Sharath M. Gayakwad who will be competing in Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8 event

India's fight in aquatics events (diving and swimming) at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 will be led by a small army of six men. The Indian team will be much smaller in size as compared the team that took part in the Delhi Games 2010.

In the last edition, India had fielded 20 swimmers, 10 para-swimmers and 3 divers. Swimming and diving are sports in which India is still in an infant state compared to Commonwealth countries like Australia, England, Canada and South Africa.

India's only medal at Delhi was a bronze won by Prasanta Karmakar in 50m Freestyle S9 (Para). Prasanta is still a part of the Indian team, but Olympian Virdhawal Khade's services will be missed.

Profile of Indian swimmers and divers

The members of the Indian aquatics team, along with a brief description of their notable achievements, are as follows:

1. Sharath M. Gayakwad – Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8 (Para)

1 silver and 2 bronze at IDM Berlin Swimming Championships 2014; bronze in 2010 Asian Para Games. Represented India at 2012 London Paralympic Games.

2. Prasanta Karmakar - Men's 100m Freestyle S9 (Para)

Bronze at 2010 Commonwealth Games

3. Sandeep Sejwal - Men's 50m Breaststroke , Men's 100m Breaststroke

First Indian swimmer to enter the FINA Top 100 World Rankings in three events. First ever Indian breaststroker to qualify for the Olympics.

4. Sajan Prakash - Men's 100m Butterfly, Men's 200m Freestyle, Men's 400m Freestyle

5. Ramananda Kongbrailatpam Sharma – Diving – Men's 3m Springboard, Men's 1m Springboard

Gold at the 7th AASF Asian Age Group Championships at Jakarta, 2011.

6. Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi – Diving – Men's 3m Springboard, Men's 10m Platform

Competition schedule of Indian Aquatics team

Following are the event schedules of Indian swimmers and divers:

24th July

Men's 400m Freestyle – Heat – Sajan Prakash

Men's 100m Freestyle S9 (Para) – Heat – Prasanta Karmakar

25th July

Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat – Sajan Prakash

Men's 100m Breaststroke – Heat – Sandeep Sejwal

27th July

Men's 50m Breaststroke – Heat – Sandeep Sejwal

Men's 100m Butterfly – Heat – Sajan Prakash

28th July

Men's 200m Individual Medley SM8 (Para) – Heat – Sharath M. Gayakwad

30th July

Men's 1m Springboard – Preliminary – Ramananda Kongbrailatpam Sharma

31st July

Men's 3m Springboard – Preliminary – Ramananda Kongbrailatpam Sharma , Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi

2nd August

Men's 10m Platform – Preliminary –Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi