Palembang: India’s Dattu Baban Bhokanal qualified for the men’s single sculls final round while the men’s lightweight four team also made it to the title race in the rowing competition of the Asian Games here Tuesday. Bhokanal topped heats repechage round of the men’s singles scull with a time of 7:45.71 seconds to qualify for the final.
The men’s lightweight four team of Bhopal Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejas Shinde and Pranay Naukarkar also made it to the final round after finishing second in the repechage heats with a time of 6:51.88s. The final will be held August 23.
In the women’s pair event, Dung Dung Sanjukta and Harpreet Kaur came third in the repechage heats with a time of 8:54.67s to make it to the final.