Day 5 - 15th Monsoon Regatta 2024

The day it belonged to youngsters Govardhan Pallara and  Deekshita Komaravelly both of Telangana and Alia Sabreen of Orissa.

With just one more race tomorrow Govardhan already won the Monsoon Regatta Trophy and is sitting pretty on the SH Babu Memorial Trophy, a rare double if he wins the later tomorrow with a lead of 9 points over his closest rival and compatriot Deekshita. Unless something dramatic happens in the last race tomorrow Govardhan is assured of the Gold medal and both trophies. 

“Our coach told us to sail safe and stay in the top 5 and that is exactly what we did”,  said both in unison when asked of their strategy for the penultimate race. “However tomorrow is another day and another race “, quipped Deekshita who is in standing for the overall silver and the Girls Gold. 

Rizwan Mohammad of Telangana also sailed well and is tied at 60 with Aakash Tangai at 60 points within striking distance of Bronze making this a historic triple for Telangana if all goes well with an unfortunate protest lodged against him by a sailor from NSS Madhya Pradesh.

"If all goes well tomorrow and at the protest today then this will be the finest achievement of our sailors from Telangana ", said a smiling Suheim Sheikh President and High Performance Director of the Telangana Sailing Association 

Alia Sabreen of Orissa had a great last day with another two wins and trounced the otherwise leading Somya Singh of NSS Madhya Pradesh clinching the Gold in the girls ILCA4 Fleet for under 18 sailors.

In the 420 Open it was NSS Madhya Pradesh all the way with the Telangana sailors being left in the dust to settle for one bronze by Vaishnavi Veeravamsham and Shravan Kathravath . Divayanshi Mishra & Aniraj  wins the trophy followed by Nancy Rai & Manish Sharma. 

The ILCA4 Boys could be considered the most competitive fleets with position canes across days and across races and even within races. As expected it is rife with protests and the International Jury is busy sorting out all the disputes which are likely to go on till late to decide the medals. The battle sadly will be decided on shore. The results before hearings show Akshat Dohre of Madhya Pradesh getting gold

The 29er fleet saw no boat on the water and the positions therefore remain the same as yesterday 

The wind was at its strongest across both races and gave the sailors a tough time with two retirements of top sailors Shreya Krishna of Tamilnadu and Bunny Bongur of TSC Mysore .

The second discard was allowed after the 11th race.

Points Tally at the end of Day 5

Under 16 Optimist Class

Govardhan Pallara (TSA) Telangana      28
Deekshita (TSA) Telangana                    37
Aakash Tangai TSC Mysore                   60
Rizwan Mohammad TSA Telangana      60
Under 18 29er Skiff Doubles 

Nikhil Mandavkar & Satyam Jha         NBSC Goa       10
Mallesh Gadham & Karthik Korrolla   NBSC Goa        19
Ajay Yadav & Adiraj Yadav                  NSS MP           23
420 International Open

Divayanshi Mishra & Aniraj NSS Madhya Pradesh                  18

Nancy and Manish Sharma  NSS Madhya Pradesh                20

Veeravamsham Vaishnavi & Shravan    TSA Telangana           25

Under 18 International 420 Mixed Doubles 

Thanuja  Kameshwar & Ganesh Peerkatla                 TSA Telangana  14
Vaishnavi Veeravamsham & Shravan Kathravath     TSA Telangana    14
Under 18 ILCA 4 Single Hander Girls

Alia Sabreen OYA Orissa                           13
Somya Singh NSS Madhya Pradesh         18
Manya Reddy  SSC Telangana                  28         
Under 18 ILCA 4 Single Hander Boys

Akshat Dohre NSS MP              33
Ekalavya Batham  NSS MP       35
Sharanya Yadav NBSC Goa      38