Indian Rowers secured a remarkable second place with a timing of 05:43.01 in the Men’s Coxed Eight final event at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.
The Men’s Coxed Eight Team won another after the 2014 edition to win the third rowing medal at Hangzhou so far. India were third midway but a great effort in the second half helped them win.
2️⃣nd silver🥈for 🇮🇳 in rowing🚣🏻
A spectacular display of strength and teamwork, the Indian Rowers secured a remarkable second place with a timing of 05:43.01 in the Men's Coxed Eight event at #AsianGames2022.
Congratulations, team👍🏻#Cheer4India#Hallabol#JeetegaBharat… pic.twitter.com/IoYZh4QL44
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The Indian team featuring Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, and Ashish delivered a late push and took them to silver, 2.84s behind China.
