Asian Games 2023: India Wins 1st Medal in Canoeing Since 1994

Canoers Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam won the first medal in canoeing for India at the Asian Games since 1994. They clinched a bronze in the men’s double 1000m event.

The Indian duo clocked 3:53.329 seconds to finish third, winning the country’s only second medal in the event in the Asian Games’ history. Uzbekistan’s Shokhmurod Kholmuradov and Nurislom Tukhtasin Ugli won the gold clocking 3:43.796s while Kazakhstan pair of Timofey Yemelyanov and Sergey Yemelyanov claimed the silver with a timing of 3:49.991s.

In the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games, India had bagged a bronze in the same event through Siji Sadanandan and Johnny Rommel.