Asian Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier 2024: Indian athletes finish Day 3 on a high
The Indian racers participated in 10 races on the third day of the Asian Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier 2024. Shabana and Sangeeta Rajput participated in the very first race of the day, which was the final of KL3 Women 200m. Shabana finished in second place with a time of 01:06.478 and won the silver medal. Sangeeta won the bronze medal and finished in third place with a time of 01:07.865.
Both participants in the KL1 Women 200m final event were Indian. Pooja Ojha won the gold medal with a time of 01:26.565. Sonalben Ratilal Vasoya finished in second place and won the silver medal. In the final of the VL2 Men 200m, Gajendra Singh won the silver medal with a time of 01:01.495.
Prachi Yadav and Rajni Jha were the only participants in the KL2 Women 200m final. Prachi won the gold medal and had a time of 0:58.330, while Rajni finished in second place with a time of 01:15.112.
Surender Kumar finished in first place in the Men’s VL1 200m final and won the gold medal. Yash Kumar won the silver medal in the same event. Surender had a time of 1:14.044 while Yash finished with 1:26.206.
Jaideep won the first gold medal for India in the Asian Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier 2024
Jaideep won India's first gold medal in the Asian Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier 2024. He finished first in the final of the VL3 Men 200m category of the event with a time of 00:55.900. Sanjeev Kotiya and Rajveer Singh also participated in the event and finished in fourth and fifth places, respectively.
Gyaneshwor Singh Philem finished in fifth place in the C1 Men 1000m and qualified for the semi-final. Both the semi-final and final are scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 21. This event will be a qualifier for the Paris Olympics 2024.
Varinder Singh participated in the K1 Men 1000m qualifying round. He finished in fifth place with a time of 3:55.168 and has qualified for the semi-final, which is scheduled for Sunday.
Megha Pradeep, the bronze medalist from the C1 Women 500m event participated in the C2 Mixed 500m final along with Gyaneshwor Singh Philem. They finished in fifth place with a time of 02:05.176. Prohit Baroi and Parvathy Geetha finished in sixth place in the final of the K2 Mixed 500m event.