Balraj Panwar failed to win a bronze medal at last year's Asian Games, clocking 7:17.87 seconds in the preliminary round and 7:16.29 seconds in the semifinals.
In what can be described as a historic moment for Indian sports, rower Balraj Panwar secured his country's first quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics during the Asian Olympic qualifiers in South Korea on Sunday. Panwar finished third in the men's individual event with a time of 7:01:27 in the 2000 meters event.
The mixed pair of Para Rowers, Narayana Konganapalle and Anita also secured their place at the Paris 2024 event. The duo recorded a time of 7:50:80 to take part in the competition. Unfortunately, the team of Arvind Singh and Ujjwal Kumar could not qualify despite their impressive performance in the men's lightweight double sculls event. Only two of these categories meet the Paris 2024 quota.
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How well did Balraj Panwar perform? Can he win a medal at Paris 2024?
Even though Balraj Panwar performed brilliantly in the men's 2000m double sculls event, in reality, he still seems far from competing for a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, the sixth ranked athlete in the same category, Mindaugas Griskonis, from Lithuania, performed. brilliantly. with a time of 6:57:60 seconds.
The bronze medal was won with a time of 6:42.58 seconds by Croatian Damir Martin. The gold medal was set at 6:40.45. So Panwar had to come out of his shell to compete for a medal at the Olympics.
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