The Indian rowing team of Ashish Kumar, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, and Punit Kumar brought home another bronze medal for the country, in the men’s four rowing final at the Asian Games. After starting out slowly in the race, the Indian quartet somehow managed to be in the medals, with a late push.
The Indian team clocked the timing of 6:10.81, behind China (6:10.04) and Uzbekistan (6:04.96). Meanwhile, this is the country’s fourth rowing medal this year at the Asian Games. Earlier in the day, Balraj Panwar finished in fourth spot in the final of the men’s single sculls event. Clocking the timing of 7:08.79, Balraj missed out on what could have been India’s fourth medal at rowing.
The gold medal went to China’s Liang Zhang (6:57.06), and the silver was bagged by Ryuta Arakawa (6:59.79). Finally, the bronze went to Hong Kong’s Chun Hin Chiu (7:00.55).
Bronze in Men’s Quadruple Sculls
The rowing team of Parminder Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, Jakar Khan, and Satnam Singh secured another bronze in the final of the men’s quadruple sculls. With the timings of 6:08.61, India took home the bronze. The gold medal was won by China (6:02.65) and the silver medal was bagged by Uzbekistan (6:04.64).
India at Asian Games Rowing 2023
On Sunday, rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh clinched India a silver medal in the Asian Games after finishing marginally behind China in the final of the men’s rowing lightweight double sculls on Sunday. The Army men clocked 6:28:18s in Men’s Lightweight Doubles Scull Final A to clinch India the medal.
Lekh Ram and Babu Lal Yadav clinched India’s second rowing medal with a bronze medal finish in the Men’s Pair Final. India finished third by clocking 6:50.41s after Hong Kong and Uzbekistan finished 1st and 2nd, respectively.
In the Men’s Coxed Eight final event, the Indian team featuring Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, and Ashish got a silver.
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