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Unlikely Rowing Pair Wins Bronze at Asian Games After Last-Minute Team Changes

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Asian Games: How a former Uber driver and Navy man teamed up for India's rowing medal. They were an unlikely pair even before they were thrown together. Satnam Singh, the Navy man. Salman Khan, the former Uber driver. Two six-footers from very different backgrounds who had barely five days to figure each other out in a double sculls boat. On Thursday, in the waters of Nagoya's rowing venue, Satnam and Salman won bronze in the men's double sculls, giving India its first rowing medal of these Games and its first-ever medal in the event. "Even after we won't be around, the world will remember that a Khan and a Singh won India's first medal in double sculls at Asian Games," beams S

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