India’ sole rower, Dattu Bhokanal has given India a rousing start in the rowing men’s single sculls event. After a drop in the middle, Dattu picked up the pace to finish third and progress to the quarterfinals.
Bhokanal was in second place for the first 500 metres of the race.

He maintained his third position although he was more than 13 seconds behind the second placed Cabrera