Rayong, Thailand : , December 11, 2011 : .The Arjun Lal Jat-Ravi double sculls team won gold while Parminder Singh took silver in the single sculls.
India enjoyed another successful day at this year’s 2021 Asian Rowing Championships.
In the double sculls final, the Indian combine of Arjun Lal, who recently participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games and finished 11th, and Ravi crossed the finish line in first place in 6:57.383 min, finishing ahead of China’s Zhang Li Qing and Lu Ting (7:02.357) and Uzbekistan’s M.Davronov and A.Dorjov (7:07.734), who had to be content with silver and bronze medals respectively.
Parminder Singh finished second behind Uzbekistan’s Shakhboz Khulmurzev in 8:07.323 to win silver in men’s single sculls.This was Parminder’s maiden medal in international competition.The Uzbekistan rower won gold in 7:56.307, while Indonesia’s Memo Memo took bronze in 8:20.055.
In the men’s double-sculls final, Olympian Arjun and Ravi started in Lane 3.They quickly established a lead at the 1500-metre mark of the 2000-metre race.The Chinese couple had a slight advantage when they reached the 1000m mark, but the Indian pair maintained their lead and extended the margin with 500m remaining.
In the single sculls final, Parminder surged ahead as he completed the first 500m in 1:51.52 while his Uzbekistan opponent was trailing the five-man field with 1:54.17.
But by the 1000-metre mark, the Uzbekistan rower had taken a slight lead by clocking 3:54.26 as compared to 3:54.31 by Parminder.
By the 500m mark, the Uzbek extended their lead and held it until they crossed the line.
India would be expecting more medals from Olympian Arvind Singh in lightweight single scull and men’s coxless quadruple sculls, as they have also reached the final.
Sunday is the last day of the event in which India is being represented by a contingent of 16 rowers.
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