Maana Patel has become the first female Indian swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju tweet, ” Backstroke swimmer Maana Patel has become the 1st female and 3rd Indian swimmer to qualify for #Tokyo2020. I congratulate Maana, who qualified through Universality Quota. Well done!!”
Maana Patel will join Sajan Prakash and Srihari Natarajan in India’s swimming squad for this month’s Summer Olympics which will take place in Japan’s capital city from July 23 to August 8.