The Bhartiya rowing contingent continues to shine as Parminder Singh,
Sukhmeet Singh, Jakar Khan and Satnam Singh joined forces to secure Bharat its
fifth medal in the sport, a bronze in the final of the men’s quadruple sculls
at the ongoing Asian Games.
With the timings of 6:08.61, Bharat 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).
Also, in the women’s eight final, the team of Sonali Swain, Ritu
Kaudi, H Tendenthoi Devi, Varsha KB, Geetanjali, Aswathi Pb, Mrunamayee,
Thanjam Priya Devi, and Rukmani clocked the timings of 7:05.71 to finish fifth.
China (6:33.61), Japan (6:44.15) and Vietnam (6:48.21) walked away
with the gold, silver, and bronze medals.
The Bharatiya rowing team consisting of Ashish Kumar, Bheem Singh,
Jaswinder Singh and Punit Kumar secured a bronze medal in the men’s four rowing
final at the Asian Games.
The Bharatiya team clocked the timing of 6:10.81.
The gold medal was won by China (6:10.04) and Uzbekistan took home
the silver with a timing of 6:04.96.
Bharatiya rower Balraj Panwar finished in fourth spot in the final of
the men’s single sculls event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Clocking the timing of 7:08.79, Balraj missed out on what could
have been Bharat’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).
Earlier, rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh clinched Bharat 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 Bharat the medal.
Lekh Ram and Babu Lal Yadav clinched Bharat’s second rowing medal
in the ongoing Asian Games with a bronze medal finish in the Men’s Pair Final
on Sunday.
Bharat finished third by clocking 6:50.41s after Hong Kong and
Uzbekistan finished 1st and 2nd, respectively.
Bharatiya rowers secured a remarkable second place with a timing of
05:43.01 in the Men’s Coxed Eight final event at the 19th Asian Games in
Hangzhou on Sunday.
The Bharatiya team featuring Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar,
Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, and Ashish
delivered a late push that took them to silver.
Bharat so far has won eight medals at the ongoing Asian Games,
consisting of one gold, three silver and four bronze.
ANI
