The duo of Arjun Jat Lal and Arvind Singh received the silver medal within the Final A of Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls on September 24, Sunday.
Arjun Lal, who made it to the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, placed on a commendable present together with Arvind Singh because the duo completed second within the males’s light-weight double scull Heat 1 on Wednesday and certified for Repechage A and stored their medal hopes alive.
They had completed simply behind China with a time of 6:27.45s. The Chinese group of Fan Junjie and Sun Man topped the heats with a time of 6:14.97s.
In the Repechage A spherical, Arjun and Arvind completed first with a timing of 6:55.78s to qualify for Final A. Japan completed behind the Indian duo with a timing of seven:05.91s and in addition made it to the Final A.
On Sunday, the duo recorded a time of 6:28.18 to complete second behind China within the occasion and safe the medal. The Chinese duo of Fan Junjie and Sun Man secured the gold medal with a time of 6:23.16, 5 seconds lower than Arjun and Arvind.
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The Army pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh produced a surprising effort at Fuyang Water Sports Centre in Hangzhou on Sunday to say India’s second medal on the 2023 Asian Games. After a robust begin to the regatta, Jat and Singh appeared to have misplaced steam halfway, with the Chinese pair racing to a robust lead. However, Arjun and Arvind would make a robust comeback in a frantic last 500m they usually made gorgeous strides to complete second behind China, and forward of Uzbekistan.
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Sep 24, 2023
