Hangzhou Asian Games | India bags two bronze medals in rowing
The Hindu
Indian rowers bag 2 bronzes on Day 2 of Asian Games. Satnam, Parminder, Jakar & Sukhmeet win bronze in men's quadruple sculls. Jaswinder, Bheem, Punit & Ashish win bronze in men's fours. Balraj Panwar misses podium, finishes 4th in men's single sculls. India now has 2 silvers & 5 bronzes.
Indian rowers bagged their second bronze medal of the day at the Asian Games here on Monday, September 25, 2023
The day began with the quartet of Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish Goliyan securing a bronze in men's fours event.
Then the men's quadruple sculls team of Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan and Sukhmeet Singh finished third on the podium with a timing of 6:08.61 seconds, behind Uzbekistan (6:04.64) and gold medallists China (6:02.65).
The quartet improved from being in fourth place to finish third in the final 500-metre of the 2000-metre race.
In the men's four event, after lying fourth in the final 500metre of the 2000m race, the quartet showed superb coordination to finish third with 6:10.81s, and was pipped by China (6:10.04) by a fraction of seconds.
Uzbekistan took the top spot in the podium with a timing of 6:04.96.
Indian rower Balraj Panwar however missed out on a maiden Asian Games podium, finishing fourth in the men's single sculls.
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