Best performance by any roving crew ever
Tokyo, July 29 (IANS)| Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished 11th overall in the men’s lightweight double sculls event at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. In the Final B race, the Indian pair finished sixth with a timing of 6:29.66 seconds. The Spanish pair finished first with a time of 6:15.45 and Poland was second with a time of 6:16.01.
11th place is the best ever performance by an Indian rowing team at the Olympics. The Indian scullers clocked 6:24.41 in the semi-finals, their best time. But they failed to make the top three and could not reach the final. Erin had finished first with a time of 6:05.33.
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