A tall strapping man was on the edge of his seat as India's Virdhawal Khade attempted to repeat history by winning what would have been only India's second swimming medal in 32 years at an Asian Games yesterday. Unfortunately, Khade missed out on a historic podium finish by one-hundredth of a second leaving his father Vikram distraught.

Khade clocked 22.47
seconds to agonisingly miss out on the bronze medal which went to Japan's Shunichi Nakao, who clocked 22.66s. The silver also went to Japan's Katsumi Nakamura (22.20s), while China's Yu Hexin claimed the gold medal with 22.11s. The doting father was not disappointed with his son, but with the Indian government that has left the athlete to drown in a pool of problems.