When he sat on a Concept2 rowing ergometer at the Army Rowing Node in Pune on Tuesday night, Parminder Singh did not think it would turn out to be one of India’s most memorable days in the sport. After a little over six minutes (6:06.9s, a national record), the 21-year-old from Yamuna Nagar in Haryana realised that he had finished sixth in the under-23 2000m event at the World indoor rowing championships held virtually this time. “It’s the first time an Indian had finished sixth in the indoor Worlds. We knew that he was extremely good but we didn’t know that he was so good,” said M.V. “My sister Avinash Kaur finished 15th in the under-19 500m today,” said the youngster, the son of Olympian Inderpal Singh.

Source: The Hindu February 24, 2021 21:36 UTC