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Teen Neha pulls off surprise, Eabad makes history
Updated On: 27 September, 2023 07:35 AM IST | Hangzhou | Ashwin Ferro
Ali, meanwhile, had 52 net points from 14 races in the six-man final which was won by Korea’s Cho Wonwoo with Thailand’s Natthaphong Phonoppharat taking third place
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India’s Neha Thakur with her coach Narender in Hangzhou yesterday. Pic/PTI
India’s sailing team bagged two medals on Day One of the competition on Tuesday, with teenager Neha Thakur, 17, winning silver in the dinghy ILCA-4 event and Eabad Ali picking up a historic bronze in the men’s windsurfer RS:X event.
Young Neha was a picture of sheer endurance against her more senior opponents as she worked tirelessly to register a net score of 27 points across 11 races. Thailand’s Noppassorn Khunboonjan won gold while Singapore’s Keira Marie Carlyle claimed the bronze.
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