Tokyo Olympics: Sailors K Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar lurk at the bottom of skiff 49er event

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics has also been challenging for Indian sailors. In the men's skiff 49er event, K Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar lurked at the bottom phase, in the 18th spot.

After several sports, the Indian suffered a hard fate in the sailing event of the Tokyo Olympics as well. The men's pair of K Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar competed in the skiff 49er event but came up with an abysmal performance to lurk at the bottom of the event, at 18th.

Of the three races so far, the Indian pair finished 18th, 17th and 19th on Wednesday. Eight more races remain in the event, along with a medal round.

On Tuesday, Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan had finished 22nd and 33rd of the respective laser events after six races. While Saravanan had finished 23rd and 22nd following the fifth and sixth race, Nethra bagged 32nd and 38th spot in the women's event.

Each sailing laser and 49er consists of a series of races. The points are awarded based on the rankings, i.e. one for the winner, two for the second-placed and so on.

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