Indian rower finishes second in heats

September 20, 2014 06:46 pm | Updated 06:46 pm IST - Incheon

Indian rower Dushiant Dushyant finished second in the Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls heats on the first day of competition in the Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday.

Dushyant completed the 2000m distance in 7:23.94 behind Hakbeom Lee of South Korea (7:19.45) in heat number two.

The Indian was leading till the 1500m distance mark but lost steam in the last 500m with the South Korean overtaking him in the final stretch.

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