Great news for India in Olympics this year, The Indian contingent will have four sailors competing in Tokyo Olympics. Let us share that this is for the first time in Olympics history after Vishnu Saravanan, Ganapathy Chengappa and Varun Thakkar joined Nethra Kumanan in qualifying for the Summer Games on Thursday. Here it is needed to mention that Saravanan was the first to qualify for the Tokyo Games in Laser Standard Class after finishing second in the overall standings on April 8.
Some others that qualify for Tokyo Olympics is the duo of Chengappa and Thakkar finished on top of the points table in the 49er Class. The two had won a bronze medal in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. Yachting Association of India joint secretary general Capt Jitendra Dixit told that Yes, history has been scripted. Four Indian sailors have qualified for Olympics to compete in three events. It s the maximum number of sailors qualified and also in number of events, . Further added that Nethra already
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So far, India had competed in only one event in all the earlier Olympics though two sailors represented the country on four occasions. Yes, history has been scripted. Four Indian sailors have qualified for the Olympics to compete in three events. It s the maximum number of sailors qualified and also in number of events, Yachting Association of India joint secretary general Capt Jitendra Dixit told PTI.