The global rowing fraternity woke up to an unmistakable signal of India’s growing sporting credibility when the Army Rowing Node (ARN), Pune, was named Best Rowing Club Program in the world by World Rowing. The honour, announced at the World Rowing Awards in Lausanne, placed India’s premier military-backed rowing centre above elite international programmes from…
India’s rowing contingent scripted a landmark chapter in Hai Phong, Vietnam, delivering its best-ever performance at the Asian Rowing Championships. With a total of 10 medals (3 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze), the 2025 edition marked not just a statistical high but a powerful statement about the sport’s growing depth and structure in the country….
In Hai Phong, Vietnam, the quiet waters bore witness to a historic shift in Indian rowing. When Gurbani Kaur and Diljot Kaur crossed the finish line to clinch Silver in the Lightweight Women’s Coxless Pair (LW2-) at the 2025 Asian Rowing Championships, they did more than win a medal they reignited belief in Indian women’s…
A New Course for Indian Women Rowing: IIS-RFI Partnership Aims to Spark Asian Games Breakthrough Rowing is a sport that demands power, precision, and persistence. Yet in India—a nation of rivers, backwaters, and lakes—women’s rowing has never quite found its rhythm on the international stage. That could be about to change. In a landmark development,…
The rowing competition at the 38th National Games concluded on a high note today, wrapping up a thrilling three-day event held from February 3 to 5 at the picturesque Water Sports Complex in Koti Colony, Tehri, Uttarakhand. With over 20 teams participating from across the nation, the competition was marked by exceptional performances, particularly from…
On April 21, 2024, in the waters of Chungju, South Korea, history was made as Balraj Panwar powered his way to secure India’s first quota in rowing for the Paris Olympics, by finishing third in the Men’s Single Sculls event at the Asian and Oceanian Rowing Olympic Qualification Regatta. The event is set to take…
The 2024 Rowing Asian and Oceanian Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta is scheduled from 19-21 April in Chungju,Korea. Five Indian rowers will be in action across three disciplines in a bid to secure Olympic and Paralympic Quotas for the country. India had qualified a total of two rowers for the Tokyo Olympics.The pair of Arjun…
Double gold medallist in the 36th National Games’ Rowing events, Khushpreet Kaur took up the sport over a chide for being a girl. “I had gone swimming and I got intrigued by its boats,” she disclosed on Monday, shortly after winning her second gold in the Quadruple Sculls with Vindhya Sankath, Poonam and Rukmini. Earlier,…
Olympian duo of Arjun Jat & Arvind Singh Qualified for the SemiFinals A strong seventeen member Indian contingent is participating in the World rowing cup in Belgrade, Serbia. The team was spearheaded by the impressive duo of Arjun Jat & Arvind Singh who made everyone in India take notice of them by their performance…
