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Asian Indoor Rowing: India continue dominant run with 17 medals, seven of them gold, on Day 2

Team India continued its strong performance by winning 17 medals, with seven golds, on Day 2 of the Asian Indoor Rowing Championship.

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Pattaya: With another tremendous performance, Team India continued its successful run, grabbing another rich haul of 17 medals, including seven gold, on Day 2 of the Asian Indoor Rowing Championship on Thursday. India, which had bagged 15 medals on Day 1, now has an overall medal tally of 32 medals -- 16 gold, 8 silver, and 8 bronze, with five more days of competitions to go in this week-long event.

In a continuation of their brilliant run from the opening day, winning gold medals in the Under-19 mixed 2km pair event through Gursewak Singh and Gouri Nanda; in the Masters' mixed pair (30-39) through Aditya Ravindra Kedari and Harpreet Kaur and the PR3 PD 500 metres men with Narayana Konganapalle. Anita bagged her second medal of the regatta, adding gold to her tally by winning the women's PR3 PD 500 metres while the country's fifth gold of the day was bagged by Alan Joshy in the Men's Under-19 500m and the seventh gold of the day came in Men's Masters 50-59 lightweight 500m with Paspula Krishna Rao emerging the winner. With this, Rao won his second gold in the event. IANS

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