Pakistan's Haseeb Tariq finishes 89th in World Swimming Championship

Pakistani swimmer Haseeb Tariq - AuthorPakistan's swimmer Haseeb Tariq finished 89th among 115 swimmers in the 100m freestyle event of the World Swimming Championship which is currently underway in Japan. Haseeb finished first in the third heat with a timing of 53.99s. Overall, he remained 89th with 5.65s short of the last swimmer who qualified for the next round. As many as 16 swimmers made it into the next round of the 100m freestyle. Amaan Siddiqui creates record Pakistan’s Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui created a new national record in men’s 400-metre freestyle by clocking 4:12.29 in the ongoing World Swimming Championship.In the process, Amaan, 16, broke the previous national record of 4:15.78 which was created by him as well. Despite creating a new national record, the Pakistani 16-year-old failed to qualify for the final as he finished 50th out of 55 swimmers, just 28 seconds behind the last qualifying swimmer.The top-eight swimmers from all the heats qualified for the final.Australia’s Samuel Short won the 400m race after finishing first at 3:40.68 while Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaqui finished second was just a microsecond away from the Aussie as he clocked at 3:40.70.The other players to finish in the top eight are Germany’s Lukas Martens, Brazil’s Guilherme Costa, Korea’s Woomin Kim, Switzerland’s Antonio Djakovic, Australia’s Elijah Winnington and Austria’s Felix Auboeck.  Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News. Comments Submit مضمون کا ماخذ:مصری ڈریمز ڈیلکس