New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Rower Satnam Singh believes India's historic bronze medal in the men's Double Sculls at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya has not only ended a long wait but also opened new waters for the sport in India.

Since the Asian Games began in 1951, India had never won a medal in the Men's Double Sculls event. Punjab-based Satnam partnered with Salman Khan to bag the Bronze for India, registering a time of 6:13.25 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course. This is his second Asian Games medal; Satnam had won the Bronze in the Quadruple Sculls event in Hangzhou.

"The paths that had been blocked have now opened. We can now hope that we will win more medals in this event in the future and perform even better," Satnam to...