Indian swimmers continued to underperform at the World Aquatics Championships with none of them making it beyond the heats for the third consecutive day here on Tuesday.

In his signature event, the 200m butterfly seasoned campaigner, Sajan Prakash, finished a disappointing 24th and missed out on a place in the semifinals. The 31-year-old, who had become the first Indian swimmer to earn direct Olympic qualification at the Tokyo Games, recorded a timing of 1:59.33s. The top 16 in the race advanced to the semifinals.

The result marked the end of Prakash’s campaign at the ongoing Championships, after his 43rd-place finish in the 200m freestyle on Monday.

In the men’s 800m freestyle, Aryan Nehra finished 23rd with an under par time of 8:21.30s. Only the top eight progressed to the final. Nehra had clocked a personal best time of 08:00.76s in the previous edition of the Championships in 2023. His campaign also came to an end.

SP Likith, on the other hand, finished 50th in men’s 50m backstroke with a timing of 28.45s to wrap up his campaign on a disheartening note.