Tamil Nadu clinches eight medals

June 17, 2012 12:29 am | Updated July 12, 2016 03:42 am IST - Kodaikanal:

Tamil Nadu team, which won the National sub-junior and challenger rowing championships at Kodaikanal on Sunday, with TARA officials

Tamil Nadu team, which won the National sub-junior and challenger rowing championships at Kodaikanal on Sunday, with TARA officials

Tamil Nadu, which finished with eight medals, dominated the 15th sub-junior and 16th challenger sprint national rowing championships, conducted by the Tamil Nadu Amateur Rowing Association (TARA), on Saturday.

After reaching the finals in nine of the 14 events in the competition, Tamil Nadu had a rich haul on the final day, with six gold, one silver and one bronze.

The results:

Challenger: Men: Single Scull: 1.Gajendra Singh Rawat (Engineers) 1:45.20s; 2. Mukesh Rawat (Utk) 1:45.23; 3. Mukesh Kumar (MP) 0:07.77. Pairs: 1.Y.C. Ramaniah & B. Janardhan Reddy (Engineers) 1:38.56; 2. Om Prakash & Dhan Singh (Del) 1:38.92; 3. Kuldip Singh & Lakhbir Singh (Engineers) 1:40.71. Double scull: 1. Arun Kumar & Madhava Rao (Engineers) 07.37; 2. Mana Ram & Jitendra (Del) 1:37.43; 3. R. Kannan & Jaskaran Singh (AP) 1:38.93.

Women: Single scull: 1. Iha Diwan (TN) 2:02.24; 2. Pooja Biswas (A & N) 2:05.81; 3. Kajal Jena (Odi) 2:06.50. Pair: 1. Ashwathy Nair & S. Aditi (TN) 2:04.77; 2. Sweta Dangol & Priyanka (A & N) 2:19.57; 3. Sonali Bhale Rao & Priyanka Thakare (Mah) 2:36.55. Double scull: 1. P. Sankavi & Iha Diwan (TN) 1:55.15; 2. Romika Barla & Srithi Das (A & N) 2:09.30; 3. Meghana Mohan & K. Sowmya (Kar) 2:11.97.

Sub-juniors:Single scull: 1. G. Niranjan (TN) 1:54.21; 2. K. Anshul Madappa (Kar) 1:55.38; 3. Vishnu Prasad (Ker) 1:56.92. Pairs: 1. Amol Borade & Vikas Jachak (Mah) 1:54.23; 2. P. Sairaj Sandeep & B. Hari Kumar (Kar) 1:59.53; 3. Naveep Singh & Gurvir Singh (Pun) 1:59.88. Double scull: 1. G. Niranjan & Lakshman Sathish (TN) 1:47.18; 2. Jogendra Thakur & Prem Das Munna (MP) 1:51.57; 3. Akash Deep Rajkhowa & Ridhwaan Azeem (Asm) 1:55.90. Coxed Four: Final: 1. Punjab (1:54.68); 2. Maharashtra (2:00.28s). Bronze: 3. West Bengal (1:53.33); 4. TN (1:56.33).

Girls: Single scull: 1. Kajal Jena (Odi) 2:08.27; 2. V. Priyanka (TN) 2:10.87; 3. Nafisa Sadiq (Asm) 2:15.65. Pairs: 1. Manisha Kispotta & Pricila Baxla (Odi) 2:02.04; 2. Subashini & Reena Kumari (A & N) 2:10.26; 3. Aishwarya Krishnan & Sayanee Biswas (WB) 2:21.96.

Double scull: 1. V. Priyanka & M. Roshini (TN) 0.083; 2. Varnali Dey & Shreya Iyer (WB) 0.086; 3. D. Satya Niralasa & Shruthi Singh Deo (AP) 2:07.69. Coaxed Four: Final: 1. WB (2:03.27); 2. Andaman & Nicobar (2:08.12). Bronze: 3. TN (2:07.18s); 4. Assam (2:13.66).

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