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 qualified on Wednesday and today Vishnu and then the pair of Ganapathy and Varun made it."
However, it is needed to share that Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated the latest trio of Indian sailors after they made the cut for the showpiece event which is scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8 in Japan's capital city.
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