Gold for Punjab in rowing nationals

CHANDIGARH: Punjab's Armaan Sandhu, Navdeep Singh, Harvinder Singh Cheema, Gurveer Singh and Deepanshu Dhariwal won gold medal in the fist finals of sub junior boys coxed four event of the 15th Sub Juniors and 16th Challenger Sprint Nationals at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu on June 17.
In the sub junior boys' pairs, Navdeep Singh and Gurvir Singh of Punjab team finished third (1.59.88) in the finals-1.Tamil Nadu won eight medals (six golds, two silvers) and was cut above the rest in the competition conducted by the Tamil Nadu Amateur Rowing Association (TARA) on Saturday.
Assam came in second with two golds. Tamil Nadu reached in the finals of nine of the 14 events in the competition. Meanwhile, Chandigarh drew a blank.