Sunil men

Fuyang Water Sports Centre:  India claimed a bronze medal in the Canoe Sprint competitions at the 19th Asian Games when Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam finished third in the Men's Canoe Double 1000m at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre, here on Tuesday.

In the final held at the picturesque Fuyang riverfront, Arjun Singh, 16, and Sunil Singh, 24, finished in third place in 3:53.329 to trail in behind gold medallist Uzbekistan (3:43.796) and silver medallist Kazakstan (3:49.991).

This is India's second medal in canoeing in the Asian Games after Johnny Rommel and Siji Kumar Sadanandan bagged a bronze in the Men's Canoe Double 1000m in the Hiroshima Games in 1994.