Asian Games: Indian men’s, women’s teams bag bronze in roller skating
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Hangzhou, October 2
Indian roller skaters clinched two bronze medals in men’s and women’s 3000m team relay events to match their best ever performance at the Asian Games here on Monday.
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The women’s team of Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aarathy Kasturi Raj opened India’s account on the ninth day of competitions, finishing with a timing of 4:34.861s.
The Indian quartet finished behind gold medallists Chinese Taipei (4:19.447) and South Korea (4:21.146).
Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble and Vikram Ingale then sealed a second bronze with a timing of 4:10.128 in men’s team relay.
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Chinese Taipei (4:05.692) and South Korea (4:05.702) took the top-two spots.
Indian roller skaters had won two bronze medals at the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games in men’s free skating and pairs skating events.
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