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Rowers Sandeep, Manjeet finish second last

August 04, 2012 12:54 IST

India's campaign in the rowing event of the London Olympics came to a dismal end with the duo of Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh finishing second last in the Men's Double sculls event at the Eton Dorney Rowing centre on Saturday.

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They avoided getting the wooden spoon by defeating the Egyptian team of Mohamed Nofel and Omar Emira with a timing of 7:08.39 secs.

Earlier, Swarn Singh Virk ended his campaign at the 16th place after finishing fourth in a minor placings race in the men's single sculls event.

Swarn clocked 7:29.66secs in the six-rower 13th to 18Th position race.

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