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India's Asian Games Canoeing Campaign Ends Without a Medal
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News18•26-09-2026, 11:15
India's Asian Games Canoeing Campaign Ends Without a Medal
- •India concluded their canoeing campaign at the Asian Games in Miyoshi Lake without securing any medals, failing to replicate their bronze-medal performance from the Hangzhou edition.
- •The men’s canoe double 1000m event, where India won bronze in Hangzhou with Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh, was scrapped from the current Asian Games program, impacting India's medal prospects.
- •Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat finished fourth in the men’s kayak single 500m semifinal and subsequently topped Final B with a timing of 1:52.458s.
- •In the mixed canoe double 500m, Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam placed eighth out of nine pairs in Final A, clocking 2:00.891s.
- •The mixed kayak double 500m saw Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash finish ninth and last in Final A, despite qualifying for the final after a strong semifinal performance.
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India concluded their canoeing campaign at the Asian Games without winning any medals, failing to match their previous bronze-medal performance from the Hangzhou edition. Paddlers competed across various kayak and canoe events at Miyoshi Lake but missed out on podium finishes.
The men's canoe double 1000m event, where Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh had won a bronze medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, was scrapped from the programme for the Nagoya Asian Games, dealing a setback to India's medal hopes.
Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat finished fourth in his semifinal with a time of 1:50.543s, which advanced him to the Final B classification race. He then topped the three-competitor Final B with a timing of 1:52.458s.
