India No. 1 Deekshita Komaravelly shot up to overall first popping younger sister Lahiri who was leading the fleet with a hat trick yesterday
The Komaravelly sisters from Udbhav School Rasoolpura Hyderabad district are leading with a clear gold and silver between them at the State Sub Junior Championships at Hussain Sagar
The girls are tied at 17 points but a discard is allowed after 7 races and Deekshita pips her sister by just one point.
Tomorrow will be a day of reckoning for the rival sisters
Both are top seeded in the state and Deekshita is currently India No. 1 too.
Bindu Rathlawath from Shaikpet Govt School, representing Mahbubnagar district is lying at third girl with her best performance ever and a likely first bronze medal at a State Championship
Banny Bongur of Vikarabad leads the boys followed by Vinod Dandu of Mahbubnagar both are leading the boys but lying overall third and fourth .
The winds were still light at about 5 to 6 knots and the Junior category sailing the Lasers completed 3 races
Junior National Champion Vaishnavi did not disappoint and topped the fleet with two clear wins and beating all the boys by a significant margin
“With 59 entries this is one of the largest State Regattas in Telangana “ said Dadi Bhote the President of the State sailing Association
Tomorrow is the last day of the regatta with the grand prize giving at 5pm at the Yacht Club of Hyderabad
LEADERBOARD
Sub Junior Girls
1 Deekshita Komaravely 11 points
2 Lahiri Komaravelly 12 points
3 Bindu Rathlawath 52 points
Sub Junior Boys
Banny Bongur 23 points
Vinodh Dandu 33 points
Mohd Rizwan 35 points
Junior Open
Viahhnavi Verrravamshsm 6 points
Jhansi Priya Laveti 9 points
Shravan Kathrawath 11 points
