India’s Babu Lal Yadav (bow) and Lekh Ram (stroke) earned the bronze medal in the men’s pair event at the 19th Asian Games, which are now taking place in China. This was India’s third medal of the day. The Indian team came in third with a time of 6 minutes, 50.41 seconds. In Hong Kong Uzbekistan got silver with a time of 6:48.11, while China won gold with a time of 6:44.20. The race now has Hong Kong, China in the lead, followed by Uzbekistan and India. The Indian team finished the 1500 metres in 5:05.11 seconds. As the three nations engaged in intense competition and gave it their all to win the gold medal, things began to heat up. However, China ultimately prevailed easily to claim the first spot on the podium. Separately, Indian rowers secured second place with a timing of 05:43.01 in the Men’s Coxed Eight final event in the Asian Games.