 "Balraj Panwar moved into the quarterfinals of the men's single sculls event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. PTI File Photo")
Balraj Panwar moved into the quarterfinals of the men’s single sculls rowing competition at the Paris Olympics after finishing second in Repechage 2 on Sunday (July 29).
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Panwar clocked 7 minutes 12.41 seconds to finish behind Monaco’s Quentin Antognelli who posted a time of 7:10:00. Indonesia’s Memo finished third with 7:19:60.
The first two finishers in each repechage round qualify for the quarterfinals to be held on Tuesday.
Panwar remained consistent in the second spot crossing the 500m mark at 1:44:13, 1000m mark at 3:33:94 and 1500m at 5:23:22. He then crossed the final 2000m mark in 7:12.41.
On Saturday, the Indian rower had finished fourth in the men’s singles scull heats with a time of 7:07:11 to qualify for the repechage.
In Repechage 1, Slovenia’s Ivan Isak Zvegelj and Paraguay’s Javier Insfran finished first and second respectively with timings of 7:06:90 and 7:08:29.
In Repechage 3, Algeria’s Ali Sid Boudina finished first with 7:10:23 while Chun Win Chiu was second with 7:12:94 to make it to the quarterfinals.