<p> Karnataka’s Ajith Kumar A advanced to the Challenger Men’s Single Sculls final in the 18th Sub-junior and 19th Challenger National Rowing Championships here at the Ulsoor Lake on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ajith clocked 1:45.43 to top the semifinal 1 race, ahead of Jishnu Mon R (1:49.84) of Kerala.<br /><br />The second day of the competition, however, witnessed a controversy after Punjab, who had finished second in the Challengers women’s double sculls race, was disqualified for breaking the rules. They had been issued two yellow cards for infringements earlier.<br />Elimination of Punjab benefitted Karnataka as they were promoted to second spot.<br />DH News Service <br /><br />Results: Boys: Sub-junior single scull: Semifinal 1: Saketh Reddy (Tamil Nadu), 1:53.83, 1; G Tarun Krishna Prasad (Karnataka), 1:54.11, 2; Semifinal 2: Manas Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) 1:52.30, 1; Pritam Roy (West Bengal), 1:56.41, 2.<br /><br />Sub-junior double sculls: Semifinal 1: B Bala Krishna/ N Revanth (Telangana), 1:52.53, 1; Sanket Patil/ Mukul Singh (Maharshtra) 1:52.98, 2; Semifinal 2: Kunal/ Nikhil Goliyan (Uttarakhand) 1:47.74, 1; Saketh Reddy/ Pranav B (Tamil Nadu) 1:51.50, 2.<br /><br />Boys: Sub-junior coxed four: Semifinals 1: Punjab (Sham Sunder, Gaurav Malik, Shahwinder Singh, Karam Chand, Cox: Davinder Singh) 2:02.05, 1. Semifinals 2: Karnataka: (Akansh Karthikeyan, Eeshan Krishnan, Ananda Krishnan H, Ranjit Khanvilkar, Cox: Mayur Yadav B) 2:18.84 1.<br /><br />Men: Challenger single sculls: Semifinals 1: Ajith Kumar A (Karnataka), 1:45.43, 1; Jishnu Mon R (Kerala), 1:49.84, 2; Semifinal 2: Gurinder Singh (Uttarakhand), 1:45.89, 1; Amaljith A P (Engineers), 1:47.00, 2. <br /><br />Challenger double sculls: Semifinal 1: Rup Singh/ Jobin MD (Telangana), 1:37.77, 1; Bishe Amol/ Karanjule Vikas (Engineers), 1:38.86, 2; Semifinal 2: Nitesh Kumar Lal/ Sandeep Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) 1:40.86, 1; Sandeep Bhapkar/ Santosh Kadale (Maharashtra) 1:40.99, 2.<br /><br />Challenger coxless pair: Semifinal 1: Darshan K/ Sharan Sanjay (Tamil Nadu), 1:41.18, 1; Amit Kumar/ Ravi (Uttarakhand) 1:42.89, 2; Semifinals 2: Akhil H/ Rahul H Patil (Karnataka) 1:38.68, 1; Imran Basha C/ Naukarkar PG (Engineers) 2.<br /><br />Challenger coxless four: Semnifinals 1: Karnataka (Arun M V/ Balwan Singh/ Sarath P/ Amit Kumar) 1:31.63, 1; Madhya Pradesh (Pawan Jeet/ Amit Kumar/ Vkas Kumar/ Surender Kumar) 1:33.15, 2. Semifinals 2: Engineers (Gurjant Singh/ Harwinder Singh/ Malkeet Singh/ Jagvir Singh) 1:29.72, 1; Punjab (Satnam Singh/ Gurwinder Singh/ Gurjeet Singh/ Jatinder Singh) 1:32.81, 2.<br /><br />Women: Challenger coxless pair: Semifinals 1: D Lakshmi Prasanna/ D Sita Mahalakshmi (Telangana) 2:04.40, 1; Preeti Minj/ Jyoti Priya Aarti (Andaman) 2:09.13, 2; Semifinal 2: Anu/ Harpreet Kaur (Haryana) 2:06.20, 1; R Divya Raksha/ M Varsha (Karnataka) 2:08.31, 2.<br /><br />Girls: Sub-junior single sculls: Semifinal 1: G Geetanjali (Telangana) 1:52.23, 1; M Greeshma (Karnataka) 2:17.22, 2; Semifinals 2: Meenu Joseph (Kerala) 2:16.81, 1; Sunaina Kujur (Andaman) 2:19.74, 2.<br /><br />Sub-junior coxless pair: Semifinals 1: Siva Satheesh/ Akshay Suresh (Kerala) 1:51.87, 1; Arjun R/ Johaan Chanda (Tamil Nadu) 2:02.73, 2; Semifinal 2: D Sai Raj/ T Sunil (Telangana) 1:49.20, 1; Subratim Pal/ Sanglap Bose (West Bengal) 1:58.83, 2.<br /><br />Women: Challenger double sculls: Semifinal 1: Shreya Iyer/ Maitreyee Banerjee (West Bengal) 2:01.60, 1; D Annapurna/ R Akshaya (Karnataka) 2:05.84, 2; Semifinal 2: Muskan Chahal/ Yamini Singh (Maharashtra) 2:02.32, 1; Ranjana Devi/ Amrit Pal Kaur (Chandigarh) 2:06.11, 2.</p>
<p> Karnataka’s Ajith Kumar A advanced to the Challenger Men’s Single Sculls final in the 18th Sub-junior and 19th Challenger National Rowing Championships here at the Ulsoor Lake on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ajith clocked 1:45.43 to top the semifinal 1 race, ahead of Jishnu Mon R (1:49.84) of Kerala.<br /><br />The second day of the competition, however, witnessed a controversy after Punjab, who had finished second in the Challengers women’s double sculls race, was disqualified for breaking the rules. They had been issued two yellow cards for infringements earlier.<br />Elimination of Punjab benefitted Karnataka as they were promoted to second spot.<br />DH News Service <br /><br />Results: Boys: Sub-junior single scull: Semifinal 1: Saketh Reddy (Tamil Nadu), 1:53.83, 1; G Tarun Krishna Prasad (Karnataka), 1:54.11, 2; Semifinal 2: Manas Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) 1:52.30, 1; Pritam Roy (West Bengal), 1:56.41, 2.<br /><br />Sub-junior double sculls: Semifinal 1: B Bala Krishna/ N Revanth (Telangana), 1:52.53, 1; Sanket Patil/ Mukul Singh (Maharshtra) 1:52.98, 2; Semifinal 2: Kunal/ Nikhil Goliyan (Uttarakhand) 1:47.74, 1; Saketh Reddy/ Pranav B (Tamil Nadu) 1:51.50, 2.<br /><br />Boys: Sub-junior coxed four: Semifinals 1: Punjab (Sham Sunder, Gaurav Malik, Shahwinder Singh, Karam Chand, Cox: Davinder Singh) 2:02.05, 1. Semifinals 2: Karnataka: (Akansh Karthikeyan, Eeshan Krishnan, Ananda Krishnan H, Ranjit Khanvilkar, Cox: Mayur Yadav B) 2:18.84 1.<br /><br />Men: Challenger single sculls: Semifinals 1: Ajith Kumar A (Karnataka), 1:45.43, 1; Jishnu Mon R (Kerala), 1:49.84, 2; Semifinal 2: Gurinder Singh (Uttarakhand), 1:45.89, 1; Amaljith A P (Engineers), 1:47.00, 2. <br /><br />Challenger double sculls: Semifinal 1: Rup Singh/ Jobin MD (Telangana), 1:37.77, 1; Bishe Amol/ Karanjule Vikas (Engineers), 1:38.86, 2; Semifinal 2: Nitesh Kumar Lal/ Sandeep Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) 1:40.86, 1; Sandeep Bhapkar/ Santosh Kadale (Maharashtra) 1:40.99, 2.<br /><br />Challenger coxless pair: Semifinal 1: Darshan K/ Sharan Sanjay (Tamil Nadu), 1:41.18, 1; Amit Kumar/ Ravi (Uttarakhand) 1:42.89, 2; Semifinals 2: Akhil H/ Rahul H Patil (Karnataka) 1:38.68, 1; Imran Basha C/ Naukarkar PG (Engineers) 2.<br /><br />Challenger coxless four: Semnifinals 1: Karnataka (Arun M V/ Balwan Singh/ Sarath P/ Amit Kumar) 1:31.63, 1; Madhya Pradesh (Pawan Jeet/ Amit Kumar/ Vkas Kumar/ Surender Kumar) 1:33.15, 2. Semifinals 2: Engineers (Gurjant Singh/ Harwinder Singh/ Malkeet Singh/ Jagvir Singh) 1:29.72, 1; Punjab (Satnam Singh/ Gurwinder Singh/ Gurjeet Singh/ Jatinder Singh) 1:32.81, 2.<br /><br />Women: Challenger coxless pair: Semifinals 1: D Lakshmi Prasanna/ D Sita Mahalakshmi (Telangana) 2:04.40, 1; Preeti Minj/ Jyoti Priya Aarti (Andaman) 2:09.13, 2; Semifinal 2: Anu/ Harpreet Kaur (Haryana) 2:06.20, 1; R Divya Raksha/ M Varsha (Karnataka) 2:08.31, 2.<br /><br />Girls: Sub-junior single sculls: Semifinal 1: G Geetanjali (Telangana) 1:52.23, 1; M Greeshma (Karnataka) 2:17.22, 2; Semifinals 2: Meenu Joseph (Kerala) 2:16.81, 1; Sunaina Kujur (Andaman) 2:19.74, 2.<br /><br />Sub-junior coxless pair: Semifinals 1: Siva Satheesh/ Akshay Suresh (Kerala) 1:51.87, 1; Arjun R/ Johaan Chanda (Tamil Nadu) 2:02.73, 2; Semifinal 2: D Sai Raj/ T Sunil (Telangana) 1:49.20, 1; Subratim Pal/ Sanglap Bose (West Bengal) 1:58.83, 2.<br /><br />Women: Challenger double sculls: Semifinal 1: Shreya Iyer/ Maitreyee Banerjee (West Bengal) 2:01.60, 1; D Annapurna/ R Akshaya (Karnataka) 2:05.84, 2; Semifinal 2: Muskan Chahal/ Yamini Singh (Maharashtra) 2:02.32, 1; Ranjana Devi/ Amrit Pal Kaur (Chandigarh) 2:06.11, 2.</p>