India Ends Asian Rowing Championships With 10 Medals, Panwar Wins Singles Gold
Federation leaders cast the result as momentum for a stronger push at the 2026 Asian Games.
Overview
- India finished in Hai Phong with 10 medals—3 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze—after finals on October 18–19, closing a campaign that featured a 37-member squad across 15 events.
- Paris Olympian Balraj Panwar claimed men’s single scull gold to headline the performance.
- Lakshay and Ajay Tyagi won lightweight men’s double scull, and the quartet of Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Satnam Singh and Jakar Khan took men’s quadruple scull for India’s other titles.
- Gurbani Kaur and Diljot Kaur earned silver in lightweight women’s pair, ending a 15-year podium drought for Indian women at the championship.
- India added silvers in men’s eight, men’s double scull, lightweight men’s quadruple scull and lightweight men’s four, plus bronzes in lightweight men’s pair and women’s eight.