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<\/p>\nThe Indian men’s and women’s rowing team made an impressive start at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Indian men’s and women’s Coxless Four team advanced to the final along with the men’s coxed eights team, to keep themselves in the hunt for the medal.<\/p>\n
The lightweight men’s double sculls duo of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh, showed their grit with a second-place finish in the heats, clocking a time of 6:27.45. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh also finished second in their respective heat with a time of 6:27.01. With this, they both qualify for the repechage round where they will compete for Final A berths!<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, the women’s rowing team also started off on a positive note.<\/p>\n
Kiran and Anshika Bharti, the Indian Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls duo, secured fourth spot in their heat by clocking a time of 7:27.57, and will next compete in the repechage round for a place in the final.<\/p>\n
In the men’s doubles coxless, India’s Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram finished third by registering a timing of 6:42.59.<\/p>\n