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Rio 2016 Olympics: Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal out of medal contention

Dattu Bhokanal finished with a timing of 6:59.89 behind Damir Martin, Alan Campbell and Natan Wegrzycki-Szymczyk.

1 min readRio De JanerioAug 9, 2016 09:50 PM IST First published on: Aug 9, 2016 at 09:50 PM IST

Dattu Bhokanal has moved to C/D semi-finals where he will compete for the rankings. (Source: Reuters)

Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal, who was among the few bright spots on the opening day of the competition, on Tuesday crashed out of the medal event after finishing fourth in his men’s single sculls quarterfinals at the Rio Olympics.

The 25-year-old armyman, hailing from Maharashtra, finished with a timing of 6:59.89 behind Damir Martin of Croatia, Alan Campbell of Great Britain and Poland’s Natan Wegrzycki-Szymczyk.

The top three have now progressed through to the A/B semi-finals, the medal contention rounds.

Bhokanal has moved to C/D semi-finals where he will compete for the rankings amongst other three quarterfinals and his own on August 10.