Paris Olympics: Rower Balraj Panwar Locations fifth In males’s Singles Sculls Ultimate D, Finishes twenty third

Indian rower Balraj Panwar’s positioned fifth in remaining D of the lads’s singles sculls, consequently, India’s rowing marketing campaign got here to an finish on the occasion on the Paris 2024 Olympics. Panwar clocked 7:02.37 to rank fifth in remaining D and completed twenty third general on his Olympic debut. His sixth-place end semifinal C/D noticed him advance to remaining D which is a classification occasion to seal his rating from nineteenth to twenty fourth. He had two strong outings on the Video games after ending fourth within the first warmth and second within the second repechage rounds however was eradicated from medal rivalry after ending fifth within the quarterfinals with a time of seven:05.10.

The 25-year-old Military man, who took up the game solely 4 years in the past, couldn’t register India’s finest end in rowing on the Olympics. The document nonetheless belongs to the lads’s light-weight double sculls duo of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh, who completed eleventh at Tokyo 2020.

Panwar was fourth on the Asian Video games final yr, narrowly lacking out on a podium end. He obtained a Paris 2024 quota by successful a bronze medal on the Asian and Oceanian Rowing Olympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea, in April this yr.

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