Paris Paralympics 2024 Para-Swimming: Suyash Jadhav fails to qualify for men’s 50m butterfly S7 final

Suyash Jadhav failed to qualify for the final round of the Paris Paralympics 2024 para-swimming men’s 50m butterfly S7 event after finishing fifth in his heat on Saturday, September 7. Suyash, a three-time Asian Para Games medalist, registered a timing of 33.47s in Heat 1, finishing just outside the qualification criteria that needed him to be among the top eight performers in both Heat 1 and 2 combined.

Instead, the three-time Paralympian will see his Paris Paralympics 2024 para-swimming journey come to an abrupt end.

Suyash will be disappointed he was unable to break his Paralympic medal drought in his third Paralympic Games appearance, despite being one of India’s top para-swimming talents.

However, the 30-year-old Maharasthra-born para-swimmer can take hope that his performance on Saturday was a marginal improvement on his display at the Rio Paralympics 2016. Eight years ago, he also finished fifth in his 50m butterfly S7 heat but with a slightly worse timing of 33.63s.

Suyash Jadhav did not participate in the 50m butterfly S7 event in the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.

The result on Saturday ends the chances of the Indian para-swimming contingent of adding to the country’s present haul of 27 medals, including six gold, at the ongoing quadrennial event.

Paris Paralympics 2024 Para-Swimming Men’s 50m Butterfly Heats Full Results

Heat 1

Evan Austin (United States of America) – 29.90 (Qualified)
Christian Sadie (South Africa) – 30.23 (Qualified)
Egor Efrosinin (Neutral Paralympic Athletes) – 30.67 (Qualified)
Toh Wei Soong (Singapore) – 31.66 (Qualified)
Suyash Narayan Jadhav (India) – 33.47
Yurii Shenhur (Ukraine) – 33.98

Heat 2

Carlos Daniel Serrano Zarate (Colombia) – 29.43 (Qualified)
Yevhenii Bohodaiko (Ukraine) – 30.33 (Qualified)
Andrii Trusov (Ukraine) – 30.33 (Qualified)
Inaki Basiloff (Argentina) – 30.88 (Qualified)
Huang Xianquan (People's Republic of China) – 32.49
Jurijs Semjonovs (Latvia) – Disqualified