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| Two Telangana sailors to represent India at Asian Sailing championships | | |  agencies
HYDERABAD, Feb 22: Two sailors from Telangana were selected to represent India in the Boys Laser Category at Asian Sailing Championships 2022 to be held in Abu Dhabi from February 27 to March 6.
Vatsal Banker from Secunderabad Sailing Club and Sanjay Reddy were selected by the Yachting Association of India (YAI), a sixty-year old sports body affiliated with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the governing authority for sailing worldwide.
It is also officially recognized by the Indian Olympic Association and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as the governing authority for sailing, windsurfing and others,
Vatsal Banker and Sanjay Reddy, both 16-year-old sailors from Hyderabad are promising sailors from the city and these two sailors are selected out of 60 sailors, to represent India at the forthcoming sailing event.
The sailors recently returned from Karwar of Uttar Karnataka district in Karnataka, where they were trained for about 45 days by the Yachting Association of Karnataka
About 300 sailors from more than ten countries are expected to participate in the Asian Sailing Championships 2022 at Abu Dhabi.
Vatsal Banker, who is India's one of the top-ranked sailors is competing in the Laser 4.7 category.
A total 9 sailors, including two sailors from Secunderabad Sailing Club are going to compete in this category with 60 other sailors drawn from 10 countries.
Vatsal Banker stands a very good chance to win a medal and qualify for the Asian Games 2022 to be held in China in August/September this year.
If qualified, he will be the first sailor from Telangana to get qualified for Asian Games 2022.
Vatsal is a current member of the National squad and has performed well at the National level. He can now set his sights on representing India at the Asian Games, his coach Arjun Pradipak, a national medalist who represented India at the Asian games said.
Pradipak has been training Vatsal for the past six years.
In a career spanning over five years, Vatsal has participated in over 25 National and International sailing events and he has been constantly improving his performance.
Vatsal Banker left for Abu Dhabi and Sanjay Reddy is yet to leave. |
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