Rowing: Punjab foursome simply awesome

By Our Special Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, NOV. 24. Punjab and Chandigarh were able to defy the domination of Services and Kerala, albeit in one event each, in the National Games rowing competition at the picturesque Sukhna Lake here on Saturday.

The Punjab foursome of Gurnam Singh, Jagtar Singh, Kulwinder Singh and Jarmanjeet Singh clocked 6:55.96 in beating the Services team by nearly 10 seconds in the men's coxless four pair event.

Of course, Services asserted its supremacy in winning the other three golds on offer in the men's section.

Similarly, the 17-year-old Gurpreet Kaur continued to assert her potential by winning the women's scull event with a timing of 9:04.66, thirteen seconds ahead of the seasoned Jincymol Varghese of Kerala.

Jincymol was perhaps tired after helping Kerala win the double scull gold. She had lost the race in the heats also to Gurpreet, the Asian Championship junior silver medallist.

lThe results (finals):

Men: Single scull: 1. P.T. Poulose (Serv) 8:19.17; 2. Saji Thomas (AP) 8:23.55; 3. Baskar Reddy (Kar) 8:30.26.

Double scull: 1. Services (Narender Singh, P. Rajneesh) 7:37.55; 2. Punjab 7:38.28; 3. Chandigarh 7:38.81.

Coxless pair: 1. Services (Surender Singh, Rampal Singh) 7:31.20; 2. Andhra Pradesh 7:37.77; 3. Karnataka 7:42.10.

Coxless four: 1. Punjab (Gurnam Singh, Jagtar Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Jarmanjeet Singh) 6:55.96; 2. Services 7:04.65; 3. Chandigarh 7:11.85.

Women: Single scull: 1. Gurpreet Kaur (Chd) 9:04.66; 2. Jincymol Varghese (Ker) 9:17.32; 3. Wahida Rehman (Mani) 9:26.68.

Double scull: 1. Kerala (M. S. Malini, Jincymol Varghese) 8:32.92; 2. Orissa 8:42.47; 3. Andaman and Nicobar 9:16.43.

Coxless pair: 1. Kerala (Julee Varghese, R. Sobini) 8:48.02; 2. Chandigarh 9:06.04; 3. Orissa 9:37.59.

Coxless four: 1. Kerala (Malini Baroi, R. Sobini, Julee Varghese, A. Soniyamma) 8:02.02; 2. Andaman and Nicobar, 8:11.21; 3. Orissa 8:13.63.

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