Busan: India won a bronze medal in rowing when its team finished third in the men's four-oars without coxswain event in the Asian Games on Wednesday.

The team comprising Jenil Krishnan, Inder Pal Singh, Roshan Lal and P T Paulose clocked seven minutes 2.91 seconds and finished behind teams from China and Uzbekistan.

China won the gold with a time of six minutes 46.25 seconds while Uzbekistan took silver in six minutes 58.79 seconds.

The Indians narrowly missed the medal in two other events of rowing.

Jamaluddin in men's lightweight single sculls and Pere Karoba in women's single sculls missed the bronze medal by about three seconds each.

Jamaluddin clocked 7:27.80 seconds while Karoba timed 9:55.79 seconds.

In women's coxless fours, Indian team of Jincymol Verghese, Monalisa Mohanty, Sobhni Rajan and Julee Verghese finished sixth with a time of 8:36.66.

PTI