Asian Games 2026: Satnam-Salman safe rowing bronze in males’s double sculls; Balraj falls in need of singles medal

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 24 (ANI): The pairing of Satnam Singh and Salman Khan secured a bronze medal within the males’s double sculls last on the ongoing Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday. 

The duo clocked a time of 6:13.25, simply 3.48 seconds in need of gold medalist Chinese pair of Yi Xudi / Nie Yide and a pair of.76 seconds behind the silver medalists Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov / Pavel Sorin, as per ESPN. 

Satnam-Salman maintained the second place at 500m, 1000m and 1500m however fell away in the direction of the tip. At one level, they had been simply half a second behind the Chinese pair. 

This is India’s thirteenth medal on the ongoing occasion, having already gained a gold, 5 silvers and now including a seventh bronze to the tally. 

In males’s singles sculls competitions, Balraj Panwar missed out on a medal, ending fourth. Balraj managed to remain second at 500m, 1000m and 1500m marks, however later discovered himself outdone by Shakhboz Kholmurzaev of Uzbekistan and Tatsuya Sakurama of Japan throughout the last 500 m stretch, and he misplaced the medal. 

Balraj maintained a five-second lead over Sakurama forward of the ultimate stretch however completed eight seconds in need of him, clocking timings of 6:54.80, 15 seconds behind the gold medalist Zhiwei Deng of China. (ANI)