Aasish pockets gold in rowing

Chandigarh: Aasish Nain, Gurmej Singh and Vikram Brar won top spots in the men’s singles scull event of the Chandigarh State Junior Rowing Championship for boys and girls held at Sukhna Lake Club here. Winner Aasish Nain bagged a gold medal after completing the course in 4:37.80 minutes, while Gurmej Singh bagged the second place and Vikram Brar finished third after completing the race in 4:52.01 and 5:16.18 minutes, respectively.

In the women’s singles scull event, Ravinder Kaur finished first after reaching the finish line in 7:16.61 minutes. Results-Double sculls (JM2X): Sunil Kumar and Ravi Kumar (4:13.32); Aasish Nain and Gurmej Singh (4:27.99), Vikram Brar and Dishant Sehgal (4:41.86) and Satbir Singh and Manjeet Singh (6:21.27); coxless pairs (JM2): Sarabjeet Singh and Jagsir Singh (4:16.32), Gurjant Singh and Jagraj Singh (4:34.67), Angrej Singh and Amarjeet Singh (6:27.15); coxless fours (JM4): Sarabjeet Singh, Tarsem Singh, Desraj and Jagsir Singh (3:27.96), Gurjant Singh, Amarjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Jagraj Singh (3:49.09).