Vishnu's best position came in the race 9, he put up a stellar effort to finish the race on the third place.
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The Indian duo of KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar had a good start in race 9 as they finished in 12th position in mark 1 but climbed 7 spots to land in the 19th place in mark 2. They bettered in mark 3 and 4 to settle in the 17th and 16th position respectively. Meanwhile, Portugal’s Jorge Lima and Jose Costa finished in the first position. Followed by New Zealand’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and Britain’s Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell in the second and third position.
The Indian sailing crew exhibited their best performance of the day in race 8. They started off in 6th position and dropped down to 8th and 7th in mark 2 and 3 respectively. They ended the race after being placed among the Top 15 at 11th position.
Indian sailors K.C. Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar finished their last race in 19th position in Men’s Skiff 49er event. They sit at 18th place in the overall ranking.#Sailing #Tokyo2020 #Cheer4India #TokyoOlympics #TeamIndia #IndiaAtTokyo2020 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/11rl9PV9pt
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Earlier, the Indian sailors finished race 7 in 17th position after dropping from the 13th in mark 1 and sliding down slowly to 19th in mark 2.
Nethra Kumanan failed to finish her campaign on a high. But she caught the eye of the public as she became the first Indian woman to qualify for the Sailing event. She didn’t qualify for the final round of the event but has surely learned a lot from her debut appearance at the Olympics. Nethra has a lot of positives to take away from the event. She will look to come back stronger in Olympics 2024.
Vishnu could not qualify for the medal race as only those who are placed on top 10 positions will feature in the finals. Germany’s Philipp Buhl maintained the first place throughout the race 10. He is finished 5th position in the overall standings.
Vishnu’s best position came in the race 9. He put up a stellar effort to finish the race on the third place. He was the best among Indian sailors today. Vishnu started the race in the 4th position and then pushed Russia’s Sergei Komissarov to fourth and climbed one-place to 3. Sergei had his small payback moment when Sergei pulled Vishnu to 4 and was pulled down further to 5 by Slovenia’s Zan Luka.
But it was Vishnu who had the last laugh as he pushed Sergei to 4 and Zan to 5 while he retained his 3rd position and held on to it till the finish.
Vishnu Saravanan’s impressive Olympics debut holds a lot of promise for his future.
