Balraj Panwar finishes fourth in men’s rowing, qualifies for repechage round – Firstpost

Balraj Panwar, India’s lone representative in rowing, qualified for the repechage round of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday after finishing fourth in the first heat of the men’s single sculls event. Panwar, 25, clocked 7:07.11 to finish behind New Zealand’s Thomas Mackintosh (6:55.92), Stefanos Ntouskos (7:01.79) and Abdelkhalek Elbanna (7:05.06).

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The top three finishers in each heat advance to the quarter-finals. In the repechage, Panwar will have a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals or the final.

Panwar had finished fourth at the 2022 Asian Games in China and won a bronze medal at the Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Korea.

With PTI inputs