Another mixed day for India at World Rowing Cup 1 in Belgrade

Belgrade (Serbia), May 29 : It was a mixed day for Indian rowers at the World Cup 1 here as India A team finished fifth in the semifinals of the Mens Coxless Fours section while in Mens Lightweight Double Sculls, the India A team moved to Final B.Overall, three teams moved to Final B (Mens Coxless Fours, Lightweight Mens Double Sculls and Mens Quadruple Sculls) while the other three finished their races with placings and bowed out of the Championships.

In the Mens Coxless Fours semifinal, the India A team of Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish finished fifth in semifinal 1 clocking 6:13.06 on the second day of competitions, on Saturday.The team now moved to Final B.In Mens Lightweight Double Sculls, the Indian team of Olympians Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished fifth in 07:04.44.Starting in Lane 2, they completed 500m in 1:40.06, 1000m in 3:24.32 and 1500m in 5:15.52 as they moved from sixth to finish fifth.Indian single sculler Dushyant finished fifth in Final D with a time of 7:17.47 ahead of the Chinese sculler and bowed out of the race.In the Mens Coxless Four, the India B team of Jasveer Singh, Iqbal Singh, Iqbal Singh, Charanjeet Singh finished Final C with a time of 6:12.36.In the Repechage race of the Mens Quadruple Sculls, the Indian scullers -- Ashish Phuga, Sukhjinder Singh, Jakar Khan and Sukhmeet Singh -- finished their race with a time of 6:17.95 and moved to Final B.bsk #India #Belgrade #Ranjeet #Jeet #Arjun #Lal # Lal #Arvind.