PALEMBANG: The strong rowing contingent expectedly has no longer attracted a lot consideration however he can significantly contribute to India's medals tally at the Games.
Indian rowing technical director Nicolai Gioga expects medals in seven events including singles sculls where Bhokanal can be vying for the gold.
His average time has been hovering across the 7 minute mark and two weeks ago while training in Pune he also produced the time he clocked in Rio Olympics - 6:54.96.
At Incheon Asian Games 4 years ago, Iran's Mohsen Shadi won the gold with 7.05.66.
"A medal should come considering the times I have been producing but in rowing it is all about the wind. Pune was okay but here you never know about the wind. It stops and then comes from nowhere. So it is impossible to say what time will be good enough for a medal," stated Army man Bhokanal .
He may be in quest of gold within the quadruple sculls along Sawarn Singh and two others. Singh won a single sculls bronze at Incheon.
A large workforce of 34 rowers, all from Army barring one, have come to Palembang.
They live like a circle of relatives and it is simply visible. It was once the same set of people who stood by Bhokanal in tough times.
His mother was once ailing when he took phase in Rio Olympics, the one Indian to qualify, and in the same 12 months she passed on to the great beyond. The 27-year-old from Talegaon in Nashik district was once devastated and did not contact the rowing boat for a very long time.
"Wo bura waqt tha (it was once tough then). But now it drives me to do something excellent in my life. I do know my mother is gazing from above and is praying for gold," stated the soft-spoken Bhokanal .
Indian rowing has noticed major adjustments ever because the arrival of Romanian Gioga .
The diet has modified and so have the learning methods. But there is nonetheless an extended option to move, feels Bhokanal .
"The foreign coach wants performance and he doesn't care if we are in pain. If we were doing 20 km in a day, we are now doing 36-40 km," added the champion rower.
Gioga guarantees that the rowers teach so laborious that they finally end up hating him.
"Sometimes they've again ache, occasionally butt ache or some ache or the other. I do know what to do to increase velocity of the boat. But I will be able to only do that if their health is standard. They can't observe my regime, I break them", stated the Romanian, who's shrunk till Tokyo Olympics.
"We are not looking at Asian Games. I am preparing them for Olympics. Having said that, these Games are important too. I expect minimum two gold medals and medals in seven events. But the boys need to aim higher (Olympics)," Gioga added.
The rowing pageant begins right here the next day.
Indian rowing technical director Nicolai Gioga expects medals in seven events including singles sculls where Bhokanal can be vying for the gold.
His average time has been hovering across the 7 minute mark and two weeks ago while training in Pune he also produced the time he clocked in Rio Olympics - 6:54.96.
At Incheon Asian Games 4 years ago, Iran's Mohsen Shadi won the gold with 7.05.66.
"A medal should come considering the times I have been producing but in rowing it is all about the wind. Pune was okay but here you never know about the wind. It stops and then comes from nowhere. So it is impossible to say what time will be good enough for a medal," stated Army man Bhokanal .
He may be in quest of gold within the quadruple sculls along Sawarn Singh and two others. Singh won a single sculls bronze at Incheon.
A large workforce of 34 rowers, all from Army barring one, have come to Palembang.
They live like a circle of relatives and it is simply visible. It was once the same set of people who stood by Bhokanal in tough times.
His mother was once ailing when he took phase in Rio Olympics, the one Indian to qualify, and in the same 12 months she passed on to the great beyond. The 27-year-old from Talegaon in Nashik district was once devastated and did not contact the rowing boat for a very long time.
"Wo bura waqt tha (it was once tough then). But now it drives me to do something excellent in my life. I do know my mother is gazing from above and is praying for gold," stated the soft-spoken Bhokanal .
Indian rowing has noticed major adjustments ever because the arrival of Romanian Gioga .
The diet has modified and so have the learning methods. But there is nonetheless an extended option to move, feels Bhokanal .
"The foreign coach wants performance and he doesn't care if we are in pain. If we were doing 20 km in a day, we are now doing 36-40 km," added the champion rower.
Gioga guarantees that the rowers teach so laborious that they finally end up hating him.
"Sometimes they've again ache, occasionally butt ache or some ache or the other. I do know what to do to increase velocity of the boat. But I will be able to only do that if their health is standard. They can't observe my regime, I break them", stated the Romanian, who's shrunk till Tokyo Olympics.
"We are not looking at Asian Games. I am preparing them for Olympics. Having said that, these Games are important too. I expect minimum two gold medals and medals in seven events. But the boys need to aim higher (Olympics)," Gioga added.
The rowing pageant begins right here the next day.
Indian rower Bhokanal targets Asiad gold for late mother
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