Indian rowing team of Sawaran Singh, Dattu, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet won gold in men's quadruple sculls at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta on Friday.
Indian rowing team of Sawaran Singh, Dattu, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet won gold in men's quadruple sculls at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta on Friday.
The rowers had a flying start with three medals to their kitty already. Before the gold, the Indian rowers clinched two bronze medals and so far India's tally of medals has gone up to 21.
With the end of rowing events, India have by far done better this year in comparison to the previous edition. In 2014, India had won three bronze medals, while this year they have managed a gold and two bronze medals.
India bagged two bronze medals in rowing through Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh in lightweight double sculls after Dushyant started the day with a third-place finish in lightweight single sculls.
Indian rowers Rohit and Bhagwan clocked 7:04.61 to win bronze in their event at the JSC Lake. Japan's Miyaura Masayuki and Takeda Masahiro won the gold with a timing of 7:01.70 while Koreans Kim Byunghoon and Lee Minhyuk (7:03.22) bagged silver.
Earlier, Dushyant won the country its first rowing medal at the ongoing Games, claiming a bronze in men's lightweight single sculls.
Korea's Hyunsu Park and Hong Kong's Chun Gun Chiu won the gold and silver medals respectively.
Dushyant, who was declared the best rower in the 2013 National Championships, finished third on the podium with a timing of 7.18.76 as India enjoyed a good beginning on the sixth day of competition.
The Indian, who began rowing in 2012 at an army training camp in Roorkee, had won a bronze in the last edition of the Games, too, in Incheon.
This was India's 20th medals at the ongoing Games and 12th bronze. The country has also won four gold and as many silver medals.
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