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PANJIM: In the iQFOiL Men’s Category, Sachin Ganesh of TNSA took the fight to S Maneesh Rajaa of AYN till the last race but fell short by a point and had to concede the gold and settle for silver in the Sail Goa 2025 conducted by Goa Yachting Association at the Dolphin Adventure Sports, Hawaii Beach, Dona Paula, on Sunday.
Eabad Ali of AYN took the gun in the second last race but it was too little too late for anything better than a bronze. In the iQFOiL Youth Men’s Category, Vinay V Kulabkar of Navy Boys School Company, Goa, took the gold.
In the iQFOiL Youth Women’s Category, the gold was clinched by Ovie Nair Shaffi of INWTC, Mumbai.
In the Open Foil Category, NS Rawat of INWTC, Goa, stood proudly on the top rung of the podium ahead of Vedprakash Pathak of AYN, Mumbai, in the second place and Aryan Patidar, NSS Bhopal, in the third. In the Raceboard Men’s event, Chennaiah from EMESC Bhopal Army Club proved his mettle once again to win the gold ahead of Mithilesh Kumar of AYN, Mumbai, while Kamalapti of EMESC, Bhopal, took bronze.
In the Raceboard U-21 Boys Category, Raj Santosh Patil of Yachting Association of Maharashtra (YAM) maintained his lead to win the gold medal, while Narayan Munda of Odisha Yachting Association won silver and Sai Patil of YAM won the bronze. In the Raceboard U-21 Girls Category, Prarthana Bhoi of NSS, Bhopal, finished first, while Tejasvi Prajapati of NSS Bhopal came second. M K Pragathi of TNSA pulled up a surprise to finish third ahead of Thimiti Rashmita.
In the Techno U-15 Girls Category, Vaishnavi Kajale MG&G Area Sailing Club of Army continued her fight-back and good form to win both the races to beat Naavya Kaku of YAM by just one point to take the gold and Priyanshi Mayur Patil of YAM took the bronze.