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Nethra Kumanan grew to become the primary Indian lady sailor to safe an Olympic quota place by taking an unassailable lead within the Laser Radial occasion.
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- Last Updated:April 08, 2021, 17:18 IST
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Chennai-based Nethra Kumanan created historical past, changing into the primary Indian lady sailor to safe an Olympic quota place by taking an unassailable lead within the Laser Radial occasion within the Mussanah Open Championship on Wednesday. Thanks to Kumanan’s large 21-point lead over the chasing pack, all that the 22-year-old wants to do on Thursday is full the Medal race with none incident.
On Wednesday, Kumanan was in chic type, ending Race 9 and 10 in first and second positions, respectively. The first Indian lady to win a crusing World Cup medal final 12 months has 18 nett factors, whereas her nearest rival, Hong Kong’s Stephanie Norton, is positioned fourth with 41 factors going into Thursday’s medal race.
An engineering scholar on the SRM College in Chennai, Kumanan has represented the nation on the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games in Incheon and Jakarta, respectively.
Meanwhile, the Indian duo of Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy completed on prime within the 49er class after securing fourth, second and third locations in Race 13, 14 and 15, respectively. The pair now wants to end within the prime six on Thursday to qualify for Tokyo.
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