Sports News | Indian Rower Balraj Panwar Reaches Men's Singles Sculls Quarterfinals
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. India's Balraj Panwar progressed to the quarterfinals of the men's single sculls rowing competition after finishing second in Repechage 2 at the Paris Olympics here on Sunday.
Paris, Jul 28 (PTI) India's Balraj Panwar progressed to the quarterfinals of the men's single sculls rowing competition after finishing second in Repechage 2 at the Paris Olympics here on Sunday.
Panwar clocked 7:12.41 to finish behind Mongolia's Quentin Antognelli who clocked 7:10:00.
The first two finishers in each repechage qualify for the quarterfinals.
Panwar remained consistent at the second spot crossing the 500m mark at 1:44:13, 1000m mark at 3:33:94 and 1500m at 5:23:22. He then crossed the 2000m mark in 7:12.41.
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On Saturday, the Indian rower had finished fourth in the men's singles scull event with a time of 7:07:11 to qualify for the repechage round.
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