Pune (Maharashtra)[India], February 24 (ANI): Oarsmen from the Army Sports Control Board (ASCB) and the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) proved a dominant drive and hogged the limelight within the semifinals of fortieth Senior and twenty fourth Open Sprint National Rowing Championships 2023 on the Army Rowing Node, CME on Thursday.
In the boys’s part, the 2 rowing powerhouses had 11 top-place finishes on Day-2 of the competitors, whereas 4 different models – Chandigarh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, had been left so as to add themselves within the last competitors.
Likewise, within the ladies’s part honours had been scattered with seven states having their illustration within the finals. Orissa and Madhya Pradesh had two finalists every.
The state curiosity was saved alive with Nashik-lass Mrunmayee Salgaonkar making it to the finals of the Single Sculls (W1x) clocking 8:22.4s. The effort by Mrunmayee, an ARN trainee, was much better than Punjab’s Kushpreet Kaur (8:35.9s) who topped within the corresponding semifinal.
In the corresponding males’s part, it was Satnam Singh (7:17.3s) who gained his face-off with Tokyo Olympian Arvind Singh (7:18.9s). Later, Armyman Karamjit (7:31.9s) joined in because the second semifinal winner.
With the continuing races going right into a sunset end, Army rowers topped within the Coxed Eights, Single Sculls, Double Sculls, Quadruple Sculls, LightWeight Double Sculls and Coxless Pairs occasions. On the opposite hand, Services squared up for a face off in 4 occasions particularly the Coxless Pairs, Double Sculls, Coxless Fours, LightWeight Double Sculls.
The day, later, witnessed the primary gold medal determined within the Para Men’s Single Scull.
World Cup bronze medalist Hav. Narayan Konganapalle did properly by clocking 8 minutes 14.1 seconds to pip Armyman Nk. Kuldeep (8:59.9).
Meanwhile, 2018 Asian Games gold medalist Dattu Bhokanal didn’t make it to finals of the Single Sculls occasion on his comeback run. (ANI)