Asian Games: Rowers add gold, 2 bronze to India\'s medal tally

<p>Jakarta [Indonesia], August 24 (ANI): Indian rowers began the sixth day of the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games on a promising note as they clinched a gold and two bronze to the country\'s medal tally here on Friday.</p><p>The Indian men\'s team comprising Sawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh bagged the gold medal in the men\'s quadruple sculls event. The rowers clocked 6:17:13 to win the medal. Indonesia and Thailand settled for silver and bronze medals, respectively.</p><p>In lightweight double sculls rowing event, the Indian team of Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Das won bronze after clocking 7:04.61. Japan\'s Miyaura Masayuki and Takeda Masahiro bagged the gold with a timing of 7:01:70, while the South Korean team of Kim Byunghoon and Lee Minhyuk settled for silver with a timing of 7:03.22.</p><p>In the same event, Indian rower Dushyant won the bronze medal. However, India\'s men\'s lightweight eight team narrowly missed out on a medal as they finished at the fourth spot in the men\'s lightweight eight-finals.</p><p>Elsewhere, the Indian women\'s basketball team crashed out of the prestigious quadrennial tournament after losing to Indonesia 66-69 in its final Group A match to end their campaign without a single win.</p><p>In swimming, Indian men\'s 4X100m medley relay team failed to qualify for the finals. Earlier, the team had finished their heats in the fifth spot.</p><p>India is now standing at the ninth position with a total medal tally of 21 - five gold, four silver and 12 bronze. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>

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