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Govt approves foreign training for Olympian sailors ahead of Asian Games

Nethra Kumanan, Vishnu Saravanan, Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy -- will train and participate in competitions at various places abroad till September in preparation for the Hangzhou Asian Games later this year. This was decided after the Sports Ministry approved the proposal of the four Target Olympic Podium Scheme sailors towards foreign training and competitions from May to September. He …

K. C. Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar from the Tamil Nadu Sailing Association aced the field to win the gold in the Asian Sailing Championship in Oman on Tuesday. The duo, creditably, had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics; they were among the four sailors to achieve the feat, becoming the first Indians to gain direct qualification. ‘Happy development’ Talking to Sportstar, …

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 …

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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 …