Canoers Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam mixed properly to win India’s first medal on the Asian Video games since 1994, bagging for a bronze within the males’s double 1000m occasion, on Tuesday.
The Indian duo clocked 3:53.329 seconds to complete third, profitable the nation’s solely second medal within the occasion within the Video games historical past.
Within the 1994 Hiroshima version of the Video games, India had bagged a bronze in the identical occasion by way of Siji Sadanandan and Johnny Rommel.
Uzbekistan’s Shokhmurod Kholmuradov and Nurislom Tukhtasin Ugli gained the gold clocking 3:43.796s whereas Kazakhstan pair of Timofey Yemelyanov and Sergey Yemelyanov claimed the silver with a timing of three:49.991s.
Whereas Sunil is 24-year-old and from Moirang in Bishnupur district of Manipur, 16-year-old Arjun is from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh however now he has shifted to Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
Sunil, who’s competing in solely his second Asian Video games after the 2018 version, stated the bronze nullified the frustration at Jakarta.
“In 2018, we may have gained a medal in the identical occasion however issues went haywire after my companion received sick on the day of competitors. We competed however couldn’t do our greatest. Now, it is second time fortunate for me (right here),” Sunil stated after the occasion.
Arjun stated he could not have requested for a greater lead to his maiden Asian Video games.
“It is a dream come true for me, and likewise we’re solely the second medallist. Medal in my first Asian Video games, I can not ask for extra. My mom might be actually comfortable,” he stated.
Each Sunil and Arjun presently practice in Bhopal below chief coach Pijush Baroi.
