Panwar finishes 5th in sculls quarters

Balraj Panwar. Pic/AP, PTI

India's lone representative in rowing at the Paris Olympics, Balraj Panwar on Tuesday finished fifth in his quarter-finals heat race of the men's single sculls event and will now fight for minor positions.

The 25-year-old clocked 7 minutes and 5.10 seconds in quarterfinals heat 4 to be relegated to semifinals C/D, meant for rowers to compete for positions 13th to 24th.

Individual Neutral Athlete Yauheni Zalaty won the quarter-finals heat 4 with a time of 6:49.27, while Giedrius Bieliauskas (6:51.80) of Lithuania and Ryuta Arakawa (6:54.17) of Japan were second and third respectively.

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