Sailing at Asian Games 2023: Neha Thakur wins Girls’ Dinghy- ILCA4 silver medal, Eabad Ali bags Men’s Windsurfer RS:X bronze

Thakur’s net score - 27 - was way off that of the eventual winner, Thailand’s Noppassorn Khunboonjan.

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Neha Thakur, 17, won the silver medal in the girls’ dinghy-ILCA4 event of sailing at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. | Photo Credit: EZRA SHAW/Getty Images via AFP

Neha Thakur, 17, won the silver medal in the girls’ dinghy-ILCA4 event of sailing, while her compatriot Eabad Ali bagged bronze in the men’s windsurfer RS:X event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

Thakur’s net score - 27 - was way off that of the eventual winner, Noppassorn Khunboonjan. The Thai sailor notched 16 points.

Keira Marie Carlyle finished third, notching up a net total of 28.

Ali’s net score of 52, saw him finish third as South Korea’s Cho Wonwoo and Natthaphong Phonoppharat won the gold and silver medal with net scores of 13 and 29, respectively.

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Thakur’s silver confirmed India’s first medal in sailing and 12th overall for India in the Asian Games.

India remains in sixth place in the medal tally with two gold, four silver and seven bronze, while China continues to reign supreme with 70 medals including 40 golds.