Koteshwar Rao leads TS' sweep Junior event in Sailing Championship

M Koteshwar Rao led a clean Telangana State sweep in the Junior laser 4.7 class (under-18) event in the Telangana State Open Sailing championship that concluded at Hussain Sagar Lake on Wednesday. Masti Saibaba and Gautham Kankatla, also of the State, finished second and third respectively.

There were 45 entries from six states – Goa, Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka – for this three-day meet.

Ajay Singh Rajput of INWTC, Maharashtra, who secured 19 points, won the overall trophy in the



Open Senior Standards Category. In youth category, Shekhar Singh Yadav of INWTC, Maharashtra with 43 points, emerged winner in Open Radial class while Tanishq Desai of Yatch Club of Hyderabad, with 72 points, bagged Overall Trophy in the Telangnaa State Champion.

Among the Junior 4.7 category, Jushi Desai of Yacht Club of Hyderabad, with 145 points, adjudged was the girls champion while Mahak Mankar of NSS from Madhya Pradesh (81 points) was presented overall trophy in junior girls section.