Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 5 (ANI): Asian Games bronze medalists Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh arrived on the Cochin International Airport in Kochi after a profitable marketing campaign in Hangzhou.
Both the rowers obtained a grand welcome from the locals and Indian Navy personnel.
Parminder thanked the Indian Navy for offering services to the rowers.
“I have been serving in the navy for the last one and half years. It was my good decision to join the Navy, the kind of facility they are providing. The rowers in the Navy are growing rapidly, future is good for the rowers to join the Navy.” Parminder Singh informed ANI on Wednesday.
“I have been serving the Navy past four years, and they have been very supportive. They provided everything asked for in time,” Satnam Singh additionally mentioned on the airport.
The Indian rowing contingent Parminder, Satnam, Sukhmeet Singh and Jakar Khan joined forces to safe a medal within the sport, a bronze within the last of the boys’s quadruple sculls on the ongoing Asian Games on September 25.
With the timings of 6:08.61, India took residence the bronze.
The gold medal was gained by China (6:02.65) and the silver medal was bagged by Uzbekistan (6:04.64).
Also, within the girls’s eight last, the workforce of Sonali Swain, Ritu Kaudi, H Tendenthoi Devi, Varsha KB, Geetanjali, Aswathi Pb, Mrunamayee, Thanjam Priya Devi, and Rukmani clocked the timings of seven:05.71 to complete fifth. China (6:33.61), Japan (6:44.15) and Vietnam (6:48.21) walked away with the gold, silver, and bronze medals.
The Indian rowing workforce consisting of Ashish Kumar, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Punit Kumar secured a bronze medal within the males’s 4 rowing last on the Asian Games.
The Indian workforce clocked the timing of 6:10.81.
The gold medal was gained by China (6:10.04) and Uzbekistan took residence the silver with a timing of 6:04.96. (ANI)