Day 2 of the Telangana State Junior Regatta
Preethi Kongari proves her mettle on day two on Saturday
cityairnews
Oct 10, 2020 08:11
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Hyderabad: After the storm yesterday the weather went back to sleep with extremely light , fluky but challenging conditions with huge wind shifts.
Telangana State Junior Regatta is the first major sporting event across India happening. It has 56 participants and will conclude on Sunday.
The only one race could be sailed on day two today, and Preethi Kongari of Medak led from start to finish and managed to complete the race with just one minute to spare but with a huge lead
Preethi from Government College Marredpally has just graduated from the Sub Juniors and is all set to win the State Junior Championships on debut leaving the more experienced Jaikiran Bolli and Majji Lalitha behind
Jaikiran was trailing the fleet in last position but the shifty winds and climbed back to fourth leaving him overall in 2nd position in the qualifiers in Group A .
No more sailing was possible as the wind just dropped to zero knots
Overall tally at the end of racing in Group A on day two are as follows
1.Preethi Kongari 4 Points
2.Jaikiran Bolli 9 Points
3.Teja Kethavath. 14 points
4.Ravali Parandi 15 points
