Indian rowers 3rd in repechage, in Final B

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Indian rowers Anita and Narayana Konganapalle managed a third-place finish in the mixed PR3 double sculls event at the Paris Paralympics here on Saturday.
The pair finished the race with a timing of 7:54.33s, behind Ukraine (7:29.24s) and Great Britain (7:20.53s).

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The Indian duo will now be competing in Final B, which is for seventh to 12th spot. During the heat on Friday, the Indian pair had finished fifth with a timing of 8:06.84s.

Anita lost her leg in a road accident when she was 18 years old. She won the gold medal in the World Rowing Asian and Oceanian Paralympic Qualifiers earlier this year.

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