Indian rowers move into final

India assured themselves of a medal by moving into the final of the men's lightweight four-oars rowing event at the 14th Asian Games, in Busan on Tuesday.

The team, comprising Mujeeb Rehman Kolakkodan, Ratheesh Kumar, Saji Thomas and Kasam Khan, finished their repechage round with a timing of 6:20.49 seconds to romp into the final.

In the women's lightweight double sculls event, the Indian pair of Jincymol Verghese and Monalisa Mohanty finished fourth in the repechage 'b' round with a timing of 8:10.81 seconds and will now fight for a place for the seventh and 12th positions.

India's Gurpreet Kaur finished fifth, clocking 8:40.18 seconds in the women's lightweight single sculls repechage 'a' and will have to fight for a position between seventh and 12 place.

In the women's single sculls event, Manjula Rai finished fifth with a timing of 8:33.80 in the repechage 'a'.