18th Asian Games : Rowers Come To The Party, Bag 1 Gold 2 Bronze Medals

Indian rowing team has come to the party at the 1th Asian Games. The rowers with their sterling feats have added more medals to India’s tally . They won one Gold and two Bronze medals .

The Indian team comprising the quartet – Sawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh clocked a timing of 6:17.13 to win Gold in Quadruple Sculls.

Dushyant Singh won India’s first rowing medal at the ongoing Games, claiming a bronze in men’s lightweight single sculls

Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh clocked 7:04.61 to win the Bronze in Lightweight Double Sculls. 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.

Former Indian cricket opener the explosive Virender Sehwag tweeted his congratulations to Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh

Congratulations Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh for winning the Bronze in the Men’s Lightweight Doubles Sculls. #AsianGames2018⁠ ⁠ pic.twitter.com/zgg2orCrkn — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 24, 2018