Asian Rowing Championships: India signs off with six medals, bags four medals on final day

Bangkok, Dec 12 (Agency) India signed off with a total of six medals, including two Golds and four Silvers at the Asian Rowing championship held here. On the final day, India bagged as many as four medals including one Gold and three Silvers. Senior rower Arvind Singh, who finished 11th at the Tokyo Olympics partnering with Arjun Lal Jat in the men’s lightweight double sculls, clinched the Gold medal in the lightweight men’s single sculls event with a timing of 07:55.942s. The duo of Ashish Phugat and Sukhjinder Singh won the Silver medal in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls event clocking a time of 07:12.568s.

Bittu Singh, Manjeet Kumar, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh bagged the Silver medal in the Men’s Quadruple Sculls event after clocking 6:33:661s. Another medal was added in India’s tally when Jasveer Singh, Punit Kumar, Gurmeet Singh and Charanjeet Singh won a silver with a timing of 6:51.661s in men’s coxless fours final.