Indian canoe duo finish sixth and last Friday, December 15, 2006 06:27 [IST]
Doha:
Indian duo Sawlabow Sawlabow and Maisanam Sanjit Singh finished sixth and last
in the canoe double men's 500-metre firnal in the Asian Games here today.
The Indian pair came in far behind gold medallists Kazakhstan after trailing the first
five throughout the contest held at the West Bay Lagoon.
The Indians crossed the finish line in a slow 2 minutes, 02.597 seconds in the
race won by Kazakistan's Alexandr Dyadchuk and Kaissar Nurmaganbetov in
1:45.801.
The silver and bronze medals went to China
and Uzbekistan while Indonesia and Japan
also finished ahead of India
in that order.
This was the last medal hope for India in the Canoe and Kayak
competiton of the Games which are drawing to a close tomorrow.
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