Top sailors stay afloat on a cloudy, windy day

On a cloudy and windy day for the 16th YAI Monsoon Regatta at Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad saw some consistent performances with Shreya Krishna and Lahiri Komaravelly opening up on the leaderboard, gathering as few points as possible.

- GNS News Agency, June 18

Both finished their standard 1st and 2nd positions but had a bad 5th race, finishing 3rd and 7th respectively. However, their consistency kept them on top.In the Under-16 Boys, we saw Krishna VR of RMYC winning a thrilling 5th race, keeping both the girls well behind him and showing maturity well beyond his years to top the boys’ leaderboard. He pipped local lad Rizwan Mohammad to second position, while another local lad, Ravi Nayak Palthya, held onto the bronze but just barely.The Under-16 fleet is maturing, and the lower end of the fleet is turning up the pressure, coming up front across the lake. However, experience and the handling of some quick wind shifts held sway, and the top sailors stayed put