Indian Olympian Nethra Kumanan has proudly clinched a bronze medal in the women's dinghy event at the prestigious Asian Games sailing competition, adding to India's growing medal tally.
Key Points
- Nethra Kumanan secured a bronze medal for India in the women's dinghy event at the Asian Games sailing competition.
- The Chennai-based Olympian accumulated 14 points, finishing behind competitors from Thailand and Singapore.
- India's Vishnu Saravanan finished fourth in the men's competition, narrowly missing a medal.
- Other Indian sailors, Manu Francis, Kurisinkal Noble, Harshita Tomar, and Shital Verma, also contributed with a silver and a bronze in other sailing events.
India's Nethra Kumanon on Friday clinched the bronze medal in women's dinghy event of the Asian Games sailing competition.
The 29-year-old Olympian from Chennai logged 14 points in all (7 in final and 7 from qualification races) to be placed third behind gold-winner Sophia Montgomery (5) of Thailand and silver-medallist Jania Ang (13) of Singapore.
Points in sailing are decided by the finish position in each race and a first place brings in one point to the total. The lowest total score wins the regatta.
Nethra's Bronze Medal Performance
Nethra won the second of her final two races and was sixth in the other.
In the men's competition India's Vishnu Saravanan ended fourth despite claiming the second spot in both his final races as his accumulated qualification score was a slightly higher 17 points, which left him with an overall score of 21.
The gold in this event went to Korea's Jeemin Haa (9), while Hong Kong, China's Nicholas Halliday took the silver with 11 points, followed by Malaysia's Mohd Khairulnizam (14).
On Thursday, the Indian pair of Manu Francis and Kurisinkal Noble bagged the silver medal in the men's skiff competition, while the women's team of Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma claimed the bronze medal.
