Indian sports news wrap, July 23: V Mallesh and Dharani Laveti clinch gold in Sailing

Here are all the major updates and results from Indian sports on July 23.

Dharani Laveti and Vadla Mallesh won a second Gold this season at the 14th Monsoon Regatta Under-19 Championships at Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Get all the major updates, scores and results from Indian sports on July 23.

Sailing

V. Mallesh and Dharani Laveti, both from Telangana, clinched gold in the International Class 420 boat (under-19) category in the YAI-Monsoon Regatta in Hussain Sagar Lake here on Sunday.

In the under-15 girls section, it was a tough fight for K. Deekshita of Telangana, but she squeezed into the fifth position and beat her closest rival by a single point overall to clinch another gold in this national ranking event after the previous Secunderabad Club Regatta.

Deekshita also finished a creditable fourth overall in the open category, her best career performance so far at Nationals.

“I plan to win the coming Nationals at Bombay and will be practicing for the same within a week,” Deekshitha said.

“We got four gold, five silver and four bronze after many months of hard work, “ said a visibly proud Mr Dadi Bhote, President of the triumphant Telangana Sailing Association that proved its mettle across three back-to-back championships. 

Ekalavya Batham of Madhya Pradesh further fortified his win with another clear win in the 12th race.

The boys from NBSC Goa Sharanya Jhadav and Ajay Gajji settled for silver and bronze respectively.

Final placings:

 International Class (under-19): 1. V. Mallesh & L. Dharani (TS/NBSC Goa) 17 pts, 2. Nancy Rai & Aniraj Sendhav (MP) 20 pts, 3. Vidyanshi Mishra & Manish Sharma (MP) 33 pts.

Under-15 Optimist Class: Boys: 1. Ekalavya Batham (NSS, MP) 16 pts, 2. Sharanya Yadav (NSBC Goa) 29 pts, 3. Ajay Gajji (NSBC Goa) 47 pts.

Girls: 1. K. Dharani (TS) 57 pts, 2. Shagun Jha (MP) 58 pts. 3. Aarti Verma (CESC, Maharashtra) 156 pts.

- VV SUBRAHMANYAM 

Shooting

Shapath Bharadwaj missed the chance to make the final in the shoot-off, but the Indian trap team won the silver behind Italy in the Junior World Championship in Changwon, Korea, on Sunday.

With four tied on 118 for the three spots, Shapath was first to be eliminated.

In junior women’s trap, Aashima Ahlawat made the final, but ended up sixth. The Indian trio of Preeti Rajak, Aadya Tripathi and Bhavya Tripathi shot a combined score of 312 and was overtaken to the bronze by China by two points.

China continued to climb on top of the medals table with 12 gold, nine silver and five bronze medals. India was second with four gold, five silver and five bronze medals. Ukraine also had four gold medals, while Korea, Kazakhstan and Italy had three gold medals each.

The results:

Junior men: 1. Matteo Dambrosi (Ita) 45(14) 118; 2. Andres Garcia (Esp) 45(13) 119; 3. Emanuele Iezzi (Ita) 33 (120); 7. Shapath Bharadwaj 118; 9. Bakhtyaruddin Malek 117; 10. Shardul Vihan 116; 14. Jaswinder Singh 114; 16. Arya Vansh Tyagi 113

Team: 1. Italy 356; 2. India (Bakhtyaruddin Malek, Shardul Vihan, Arya Vansh Tyagi) 346; 3. Spain 339.

Junior women: 1. Ryann Phillips (USA) 45 (110); 2. Giorgia Lenticchia (Ita) 42 (109); 3. Carey Garrison (USA 33 (118); 6. Aashima Ahlawat 17 (109); 9. Preeti Rajak 109; 11. Sabeera Haris 107; 19. Aadya Tripathi 102; 23. Bhavya Tripathi 101.

Team: 1. USA 337; 2. Italy 325; 3. China 314; 4. India (Preeti Rajak, Aadya Tripathi,, Bhavya Tripathi) 312.

- Kamesh Srinivasan