Olympics: No chance of medals for Indian rowers

Indian rower Sawarn Singh qualified for the semi-final of the men’s singles scull while his compatriots Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar booked their place in the semi-final of the lightweight doubles scull in the 2012 London Olympics at the Eaton Dorney here Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_398965” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Swaran finished fourth in the third quarterfinal with a timing of 7:11.59. Reuters[/caption] Sawarn finished fourth in the third quarterfinal with a timing of 7:11.59. He was second after the 500metre mark but slowly ran out of steam to finish fourth at the 2000m. Sandeep and Manjeet qualified for the semi-final D through the repechage where they finished sixth with a timing of 6:54.20. IANS