Asian Rowing Championships: India win one gold, three silvers on final day
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India drew curtains on the Asian Rowing Championship in Thailand with a total of six medals, including two gold and 4 silver medals.
On the final day today, Senior rower Arvind Singh bagged a gold in the lightweight Men’s single sculls event while his compatriots won three silver medals.
India bagged silver medals in Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls, Men’s Quadrapul Sculls and in Men’s Coxless Four.
Arvind Singh, who finished 11th at the Tokyo Olympics along with Arjun Lal Jat in the Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls finished first in the field as he got the better of Uzbek and Chinese scullers for the gold medal.
In Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls, India’s Ashish Phugat and Sukhjinder Singh won the silver. In the Men’s Quadruple Sculls, India’s Bittu Singh, Jakar Khan, Manjeet Kumar and Sukhmeet Singh won silver in a photo-finish, losing the gold by 0.523 seconds.
In Men’s Coxless Fours final, India’s Jasveer Singh, Punit Kumar, Gurmeet Singh and Charanjeet Singh won the silver.
Earlier, the Men’s double sculls pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Ravi won gold and Parminder Singh claimed silver in single sculls yesterday.
The Indian women rowers, who figured in the Quadruple Sculls and Light Weight Double Sculls finals, finished fifth in their respective races.
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