Arvind Singh wins gold at Asian Rowing C’ship

Olympian Arvind Singh

India's Arvind Singh won the gold in the Lightweight Men's Single Sculls at the Asian Rowing Championship on Sunday, beating his opponents with a time of 7:55.942. India ended the championship on a strong note, winning three more silver medals as the rowers continued their medal spree on the final day on Sunday.

India bagged silver medals in Men's Lightweight Double Sculls, Men's Quadrapul Sculls and in Men's Coxless Four. Thus, India ended the competition with two gold and four silver medals. In Lightweight Men's Double Sculls, India's Ashish Phugat and Sukhjinder Singh won the silver with a time of 7:12.568.

In the next race in 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. They clocked a time of 6.33.083.

In Men's Coxless Fours final, India's Jasveer Singh, Punit Kumar, Gurmeet Singh and Charanjeet Singh won the silver by clocking 6:51.661. 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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