India’s first rowing medal at the Asian Games here, a silver won by Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh in the lightweight men’s double sculls, seemed rather easy on the eye.

The Indians began well and were even in the lead for the first quarter of the race before the Chinese rallied to a comfortable victory in 6:23.16. India settled for the silver with more than five seconds separating them from the gold. However, the final was anything but easy for the Indian pair given that Arvind had just recovered from a serious back injury.