pune oarsmen from the army sports control board ascb and the services sports control board sscb proved a dominant force in the semifinals of 40th senior and 24th open sprint national rowing championships here on thursdayin the mens section the two rowing powerhouses had 11 top place finishes on day 2 of the competition while four other units chandigarh orissa and madhya pradesh were left to add themselves in the final competition at the army rowing nodein the womens section honours were scattered with seven states having their representation in the finals orissa and madhya pradesh had two finalists eachthe home states interest was kept alive with nashiklass mrunmayee salgaonkar making it to the finals of the single sculls w1x clocking 8224s the effort by mrunmayee an arn trainee was far better than punjabs kushpreet kaur 8359s who topped in the corresponding semifinalin the corresponding mens event it was satnam singh 7173s who won his faceoff with tokyo olympian arvind singh 7189s later armyman karamjit 7319s joined in as the second semifinal winnerarmy rowers topped the coxed eights single scull double sculls quadruple sculls lightweight double sculls and coxless pairs eventsservices squared up for a faceoff in four events the coxless pairs double sculls coxless fours lightweight double scullslater in the day the first gold medal decided in the para mens single scullworld cup bronze medalist hav narayan konganapalle did well by clocking 8 minutes 141 seconds to pip armyman nk kuldeep 8599 tnn