Asian Games: Babulal Yadav, Lekh Ram win bronze in rowing men's pair
Also read: Asian Games 2023: India enter women's cricket final, beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets Hong Kong, China moved to first place in the race, followed by Uzbekistan and India. The Indian pair crossed the 1500m mark with a time of 5:05.11s. Things started to heat up as the three nations fought closely and gave their all to take away the gold medal.
But China in the end managed to take the top spot at the podium with a comfortable victory. Separately, Indian rowers secured second place with a timing of 05:43.01 in the Men's Coxed Eight final event in the Asian Games. The Men's Coxed Eight Team won another after the 2014 edition to win the third rowing medal at Hangzhou so far.
Also read: Asian Games 2023: India secures silver medals in rowing, shooting events. Details here 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. Earlier in the day, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh clinched India's second silver medal in the Asian Games after finishing marginally behind China in the final of the men's rowing lightweight double sculls.
Additionally, Indian women's cricket team beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets and entered the final of the Asian Games. Till now India have won two silvers and a bronze medal in Asian Games. "Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels
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