London, July 31 (IANS) Indian rower Swaran Singh qualified for the semi-final of the men’s singles scull while his compatriots Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar booked their place in the semi-final of the lightweight doubles scull in the 2012 London Olympics at the Eaton Dorney here Tuesday.
Swaran finished fourth in the third quarterfinal with a timing of 7:11.59. He was second after the 500metre mark but slowly ran out of steam to finish fourth at the 2000m.
Sandeep and Manjeet qualified for the semi-final D through the repechage where they finished sixth with a timing of 6:54.20.