Tungara Mahaboobe, Chunnu Kumar and Kankatla Goutham dominate on day two
Author(s): City Air NewsSailors starting in a strong wind at the Telangana State Regatta at Hussain Sagar at the Yaacht Club of Hyderabad. The final tally of entries of Telangana State Regatta stands at 150 across Hyderabad, July 10, 2018:...
The final tally of entries of Telangana State Regatta stands at 150 across
Hyderabad, July 10, 2018: The Monsoon winds are back and raging upto 15 to 18 knots and the young sailors of the Telangana State Regatta had a lot more to contend with in terms of winds and waves.
The final number of entries stands at a record 150 across the 5 categories including a fledgeling fleet of beginners from across the state of Telangana and the Telangana fleet itself stands at a solid 65 strong
In the Sub Juniors Telangana Sailor Tungara Mahboobee won two races in a row with a second in the last race zoomed up to the top spot in the Telangana State Regatta poised to win the Gold followed closely by Majji Lalitha and Nookarathnam Lakshmi who dropped to third with a few bad races and a capsize.
Tungara Mahboobee has been training at the Yacht Club of Hyderabad and is also at 3rd position in the open to claim a bronze if her form continues as today.
In the Sub Junior Open Fleet Chunnu Kumar of Karnataka continues to dominate with Ashish Vishwakarma tailing at a distant second.
In the Junior Fleet Kankatla Goutham leads the Telangana State Regatta for a second year in a row followed by Sanjay Reddy of the Telangana Sports School .
Gautham stands to win the Open bronze as well as the State Gold if he continues to perform
Tomorrow is the concluding racing day with the Prize giving at 530 at the premises of the Yacht Club of Hyderabad and Shri Chiranjeevulu, IAS Metropolitan Commissioner will preside over the function along with sponsors Hyderabad Marriott Hotel and Telangana Tourism.
Results at a glance :
Sub Juniors State
Tungara Mahboobee 26
Majji Lalitha 30
Nookarathnam Lakshmi 43
Sub Juniors Open
Chunnu Kumar Karnataka 8
Ashish Vishwakarma Madhya Pradesh 23
Tungara Mahboobee Telangana 26
Junior State
Kankatla Gautham 19
Sanjay Reddy 29
T Ajay 35
Juniors Open
Ram Milan Yadav Madhya Pradesh 12
Chitresh Thata Tamilnadu 18
Kankatla Goutham Telangana 19