The morning saw 18 to 20 knot winds typical of the monsoons and the sailors were joyful with the early arrival of the season bringing with it fresh winds and little rain and perfect conditions after a a pre regatta warm spell with no winds
The under 15 sub juniors proved to be a two horse race with Shreya Krishna of Tamilnadu and local girl Lahiri Kommaravelly battling it out neck to neck in all 3 races and finishing within a whisker of each other
In the first two races Lahiri led till the last 2 legs only to me beaten to the finish by Shreya . The last race Shreya was tightly challenged across the race but Shreya led start to finish and Lahiri followed close behind not able to cut the lead
Shreya Krishna of Tamilnadu has trained significantly abroad for more than a 100 days is India’s favourite at both the oncoming Asians and Worlds
Lahiri is soon off to Malaysia for the Langkawi Youth international and the tight pacing at the Monsoon Regatta will only help improving her search for a second international medal after the Oman International last year
Both girls are in top form and it promises to be a hotly competitive regatta for Gold and Silver.
In the boys local lad Rizwan Mohammad tops the leaderboard followed closely by Krishna of Tamilnadu making both boys and girls a Tamilnadu vs Telangana at least for day 1 in the sub juniors Optimist championships
In the under 19 juniors Karthik Korrola and Hruday of the Navy youth team from NYSC GOA proved supreme in the 29er skiff class winning 2 races by a margin and a second in the third race
Sharanya Yadav of NYSC Goa also cracked the code and won all three of his races and reigns supreme over the boys under 19 laser fleet as expected
Top seeds and Telangana sailors Thanuja Kameshwar and Shravan stole the show on the under nineteen mixed double class winning all 3 races of the day followed by compatriots Deekshita Komaravelly and Ganesh Peerkatla
Most of the winners from Hyderabad have fitness coaches from Suchitra academy and are from Udbhav school at Rasoolpura
