Pull at Pattaya — 2015 Asian Rowing Indoor Championships

The 12th Asian Rowing Indoor Championship took place at the Ambassador Hotel, Pattaya, Chonburi during 25-26 April 2015. 91 rowers from 12 national federations including China, Japan, Republic of Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Thailand, actively took part in this year’s indoor championship.
The Vice President of Asian Rowing Federation, Mr. Nicholas gave the opening speech to all athletes on the first day of ARIC this year. And on behalf of ARF, the Executive Director, Ms. Yin Zhang gave a delicate shell model provided by our sponsor Kanghua Boat Company, to Admiral Chainrong CHAROENRUK as a thank-you gift for the excellent host work by the Rowing and Canoeing Association of Thailand (R.C.A.T.).

Another point worth noticing is that this year, the amount of competition events increased to ten, which means we introduced four more new events compared to the six routine events of former ARF annual indoor rowing championships. We hope that with the introduction of new indoor rowing events, more rowers from Asia can participate at ARIC in the coming year.
The detailed race schedule and result for each event:
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Women’s Lightweight Individual 2000m
1st place: Miss.Phuttharaksa Neegree (Thailand) 7.18.3 minutes (break the current Asia’s record of 7.22.51 minutes, set by Chika Miyata (Japan) on 18 March 2013 in Hong Kong)
2nd place: Sahoko Kinota (Japan) 7.25.4 minutes
3rd place: Boyeun Ku (Korea) 7.25.9 minutes
Men’s Lightweight Individual 2000m
1st place: Mr.Jaruwat Saensuk (Thailand) 6.24.40 minutes (break the current Asia’s record of 6.29.6 minutes, set by A.KUDRYASHOV (Uzbekistan) on 7 March 2014 in Doha, Qatar)
2nd place: Daiki Abe (Japan) 6.25.1 minutes
3rd place: Fanpu Lyu (China) 6.26.0 minutes
Lightweight Mix Four Sprint 500m
1st place: Mr.Prem Nampratueng,Mr.Porntawat Inlee, Miss.Sawittree Laksoongnoen, Miss.Phuttharaksa Neegree (Thailand) 1.34.0 minutes
2nd place: Yi-an Hua , Tsung-han Hsieh , Meng-hsin Lee, and Wen-chuan Hsu (Chinese Taipei) 1.34.8 minutes
3rd place: Miss.Matinee Raruen, Miss.Parisa Chaempudsa, Mr.Jaruwat Saensuk , Mr. Pichakorn Puangpet (Thailand)  1.35.0 minutes
Women’s Open Individual Pairs 2000m
1st place: Shiho YONEKAWA (Japan) 6.49.9 minutes (break her own  Asia’s record of 6.55.71 minutes on 18 March 2013 in Hong Kong)
2nd place: Kyoko Kazusa (Japan) 7.09.40 minutes
3rd place: Julianti Julianti (India) 7.13.50 minutes
Men’s Open Pairs 2000m
1st place: Ming-hui Wang and Chia-han Wu (Chinese Taipei) 6.14.5 minutes
2nd place: Ryochi Ishida and Makoto Okayama (Japan) 6.17.5 minutes
3rd place: Om Prakash and Rajesh Varm (India) 6.21.0 minutes
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Women’s Lightweight Pairs 2000m
1st place: Phuttharaksa Neegree, and Sawittree Laksoongnoen  (Thailand)  7.30.5 minutes
2nd place: Sahoko Kinota and Ryoko Norichika (Japan) 7.35.0 minutes
3rd place: Meng-hsin Lee and Yi-an Hua (Chinese Taipei) 7.39.2 minutes
Men’s Open Individual 2000m
1st place: Hyejong Jeon (Republic of Korea) 6.08.8 minutes
2nd place: Ming-hui Wang (Chinese Taipei) 6.11.3 minutes
3rd place: Edwin Ginanjar Rudiana (Indonesia) 6.11.8 minutes
Women’s Open Pairs 2000m
1st place: Shiho Yonekawa  and Kyoko Kazusa (Japan)   7.05.5 minutes (break the current  Asia’s record of 7.06.01 minutes, set by Japanese team on 19 March 2013 in Hong Kong)
2nd place: Cai-xuan Huang and Yi-ting Huang (Chinese Taipei)  7.35.0 minutes
3rd place: Miss.Rojjana Raklao, Miss.Krittiya Harirak (Thailand)  7.51.0 minutes
Mixed Fours (2 men and 2 women) All weights
1st place: Ryochi Ishida , Makoto Okayama , Shiho Yonekawa, and Kyoko Kazusa (Japan)1.29.5 minutes
2nd place: Yi-ting Huang , Chia-han Wu , Cai-xuan Huang, and Ming-hui Wang (Chinese Taipei)1.30.0 minutes
3rd place: Hyejong Jeon , Byunghoon Kim, Minha Shin, and Boyeun Ku (Republic of Korea)  1.33.1 minutes