Hyderabad: Over 500 rowers — in both men’s and women’s categories — are all set to be a part of the 38th senior national rowing championship to be held at the Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad from December 2.
Top rowers including the likes of Arjun Lal, Arvind Singh, Sawarn Singh and Sukhmeet Singh, and have confirmed their participation in the weeklong event. The event is being held under the aegis of the Telangana Rowing Association. The championships would be held in 2,000 metres and 500 metres in the categories of single scull, double scull, light weight, open and civil double scull among others, he said.
Top performers would go for the camp (Bhopal or Pune) and subsequently get shortlisted/ selected for the qualifiers to be held in South Korea in April next year for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The organising committee of the championships has introduced GPS technology to track the precise movement of the rowing shell using integrated sensors.
