Paris: India's Balraj Panwar progressed to the quarterfinals of the men's single sculls rowing competition after finishing second in Repechage 2 at the Paris Olympics here on Sunday.

Panwar clocked 7:12.41 to finish behind Mongolia's Quentin Antognelli who timed 7:10:00.

The first two finishers in each repechage qualify for the quarterfinals.

Panwar remained consistent at the second spot crossing the 500m mark at 1:44:13, 1000m mark at 3:33:94 and 1500m at 5:23:22. He then crossed the 2000m mark in 7:12.41.

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On Saturday, the Indian rower had finished fourth in the men's singles scull event with a time of 7:07:11 to qualify for the repechage round. 

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