<span style="color: #222222;">In swimming, India's Srihari Nataraj shattered the Tokyo games qualification time in the men's 100 metres backstroke during the time trial at Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, but his feat is yet to be approved by the International Swimming Federation, FINA.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nataraj clocked 53.77 seconds, which was faster than the Olympic qualification time of 53.85 secs.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">If FINA approves his timing, the 20-year-old Bengaluru swimmer will become the second Indian to make the qualification cut that guarantees an automatic berth for the Olympics.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nataraj's performance of 53.77 seconds is also better than his own previous national record of 54.07 seconds.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">FINA is expected to give a ruling on Nataraj's timing next week.</span><br />''