Tokyo Olympics: Indian sailors profile, ranking, opponents, form guide
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Indian sailors profile, ranking, opponents, form guide

The Hindu  

Nethra Kumanan - Laser Radial Ranking: 54 Form guide 2021: Finished 14th at Lanzarote Winter Series Act 1 in Spain ; Finished second at the Mussanah Open Championship 2021- Asian and African OG Qualifier ; 41st at the Allianz Regatta, Hempel World Cup Series Medemblik in the Netherlands. Vishnu Saravanan - Laser Standard Ranking: 43 Form guide 2021: Finished second at the Mussanah Open Championship 2021- Asian and African OG Qualifier ; 26th at the Allianz Regatta, Hempel World Cup Series Medemblik in the Netherlands. KC Ganapathy - Men’s 49er Ranking: 73 Form guide 2021: Finished first at the Mussanah Open Championship 2021- Asian and African OG Qualifier. Our disagreements, when we do have, only make us improve,” he had said during an earlier interaction Varun Thakkar - Men’s 49er Ranking: N/A Form guide 2021: Finished first at the Mussanah Open Championship 2021- Asian and African OG Qualifier.

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Saravanan qualifies for second successive Olympics
11 months, 1 week ago

Saravanan qualifies for second successive Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Asian Games bronze medallist Vishnu Saravanan has become the first Indian sailor to qualify for successive Olympics by making the cut for Paris Games. Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan with team manager Col Utpal More and foreign coach Milan Vujasinovic after qualifying for Paris Olympics A Subedar from the Mumbai-based Army Yachting Node, Saravanan had finished 20th overall among 35 competitors …

37th National Games: Shivpal, Dhaval pull off surprise wins; five Games records fall in swimming
1 year, 2 months ago

37th National Games: Shivpal, Dhaval pull off surprise wins; five Games records fall in swimming

The Hindu  

Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh is in a hurry to make up for lost time. The 28-year-old struck gold for the first time this season in the 37th National Games at the Bambolim Athletics Stadium when he finished top of a talented field, which included Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Kumar Jena and Asian runner-up D.P. “I want to qualify for …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian sailors continue to languish at bottom
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian sailors continue to languish at bottom

Firstpost  

Ganapathy and Thakkar ended at 16th in Race 5 before pulling off a seventh-place finish in the next to occupy 17th place out of 19 competitors with 76 net points. Enoshima: Indian sailing pair of KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar finished a creditable seventh in one of the two races in men’s skiff 49er but still languished at 17th position …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Nethra Kumanan finishes 27th, Vishnu Saravanan 14th after Day 1 of sailing competitions
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Nethra Kumanan finishes 27th, Vishnu Saravanan 14th after Day 1 of sailing competitions

Firstpost  

Kumanan finished 33rd in the first race of the women’s laser radial. Enoshima: Nethra Kumanan was placed 27th after two races while Vishnu Saravanan was at 14th after his first race as the Indian sailors opened their campaign in the Tokyo Olympics here on Sunday. Kumanan finished 33rd in the first race of the women’s laser radial before recovering a …

Tokyo Olympics: Sailors Nethra Kumanan at 27th and Vishnu Saravanan at 14th after Day 1 of Competitions
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Sailors Nethra Kumanan at 27th and Vishnu Saravanan at 14th after Day 1 of Competitions

News 18  

Nethra Kumanan was placed 27th after two races while Vishnu Saravanan was at 14th after his first race as the Indian sailors opened their campaign in the Tokyo Olympics here on Sunday. Kumanan finished 33rd in the first race of the women’s laser radial before recovering a bit by taking the 16th spot in the second for an overall 27th …

Tokyo Olympics 2020, Form Guide: Tracking sailor Vishnu Saravanan's performances over last two years
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020, Form Guide: Tracking sailor Vishnu Saravanan's performances over last two years

Firstpost  

With the Tokyo Olympics fast approaching, Firstpost takes a quick look at Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan, and charts his journey towards securing Olympic qualification. With the Tokyo Olympics fast approaching, Firstpost takes a quick look at Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan, and charts his journey towards securing Olympic qualification: Sealing Olympic qualification Vishnu Saravanan’s first notable achievement at the international level …

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Indian women's hockey team - player profiles
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Indian women's hockey team - player profiles

The Hindu  

The Indian women’s team has been grouped with Germany, Ireland, South Africa, Netherlands and Britain in Pool A. Rani Rampal The 26-year old captain is the face of Indian women’s hockey, its seniormost player and also its most talismanic. She was largely responsible for India qualifying for both the Rio and Tokyo Olympics and has been part of the 2014 …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian athletes start training ahead of Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian athletes start training ahead of Games

Firstpost  

The likes of archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das, table tennis players G Sathiyan and A Sharath Kamal, ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth and lone Indian gymnast in fray, Pranati Nayak, also started their training on Monday. Tokyo: Indian athletes, including the boxers and shooters, hit the ground running as they started their pre-Olympic training, hoping to …

Tokyo 2020: First batch of India's 88-strong Olympic-bound contingent reaches Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: First batch of India's 88-strong Olympic-bound contingent reaches Japan

India Today  

Amid gloom surrounding the Games because of the pandemic, the first batch of India's 88-strong Olympic-bound contingent reached here on Sunday morning to participate in the Covid-19 hit Tokyo Games, beginning on July 23. India will be represented by a 228-strong contingent, including 119 athletes, at the Tokyo Olympics, which will be held under strict health protocols and without spectators …

Sailing: Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Sarvanan's boats arrive in Tokyo for Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Sailing: Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Sarvanan's boats arrive in Tokyo for Olympics

India TV News  

Indian sailors Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan on Thursday received their boats which they will be using during the laser class events at the Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23. Nethra, who will be competing in the laser radial event, could be seen getting her boat ready for training in the picture. Nethra had been training in Spain, while Vishnu, who …

Indian sailing team lands in Tokyo for Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Indian sailing team lands in Tokyo for Olympics

The Hindu  

The Indian sailing team on Tuesday became the first from the country's contingent to arrive here for the Olympics which opens on July 23. The pictures of the Indian sailing team comprising Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa, Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan and their coaches arriving at the Haneda airport were put up by Sports Authority of India. Nethra Kumanan will …

KC Ganapathy And Varun Thakkar, Sailing
3 years, 5 months ago

KC Ganapathy And Varun Thakkar, Sailing

News 18  

From being school dropouts to representing India in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it has been a quite a journey for both KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar. The duo first tasted major success when they won bronze in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta in Sailing. In 2021, they competed at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers and finished first to book their …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian

News 18  

Hailing from Mumbai, Maharashtra, the 22-year-old Vishnu Saravanan will represent India in Sailing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Taking to sailing from a young age and being inspired by his father Major Ramachandran Saravanan, who was a sailor himself, Vishnu aims at fulfilling his father’s dream who couldn’t make it as a professional sailor. Age – 22 Sports/Discipline – Sailing …

Financing a costly sport, training headaches all worth it after Oly qualification: sailors' parents
3 years, 9 months ago

Financing a costly sport, training headaches all worth it after Oly qualification: sailors' parents

The Hindu  

From spending more than Rs one lakh per month for training to hiring boats at a huge cost for international events, the four Indian sailors who have qualified for the Olympics, have a lot to thank their parents for, in their journey to qualifying for the Tokyo Games. In a historic first for India, four sailors from the country -- …

Unprecedented 4 Indian Sailors Set for Tokyo after Vishnu, Ganapathy-Varun Pair Qualify for Olympics
3 years, 9 months ago

Unprecedented 4 Indian Sailors Set for Tokyo after Vishnu, Ganapathy-Varun Pair Qualify for Olympics

News 18  

In a historic first for India, four sailors from the country will compete at this year’s Olympics after Vishnu Saravanan and the pair of Ganapathy Chengappa and Varun Thakkar made the cut for Tokyo in the Asian Qualifiers in Oman. This was after Nethra Kumanan on Wednesday became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics in the …

Vishnu Saravanan, Ganapathy-Varun pair qualify for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 9 months ago

Vishnu Saravanan, Ganapathy-Varun pair qualify for Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

The pair of Varun Thakkar and K. C. Ganapathy and Vishnu Saravanan qualified for Tokyo Olympics in the 49er and laser standard classes respectively in the Asian Olympic sailing championships, which concluded here on Thursday. Vishnu did exceedingly well by finishing first in the final medal race and second overall behind Singapore's Ryan Lo Jun Han. Meanwhile, Nethra Kumanan officially …

Sarita Mor stuns World Championships bronze medallist Pooja Dhanda
5 years, 5 months ago

Sarita Mor stuns World Championships bronze medallist Pooja Dhanda

The Hindu  

Sarita Mor stunned World championships bronze medallist Pooja Dhanda in the 57kg selection trials to book a slot in the National side for the World wrestling championships, the first event offering quota places in 2020 Tokyo Olympics, to be held in Kazakhstan in September. In the women’s trials for six Olympic weight classes held in Lucknow on Sunday, Sarita, an …

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