(Sailing news) Olympic 2021 Live Update: The sailing events saw all the four Indians competing today in the Tokyo Olympics. Three races were held today in the Men's Skiff 49er, the pair of Varun Thakkar and Kelapanda Ganapathy came 17th in the 7th race, improved in the next by coming 11th and in the final race of the day finished 16th. They are placed 17th overall with three more races to go tomorrow before the medal race which is on 2nd August.
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In the Women's One Person Dinghy Laser, Radial Nethra Kumanan raced in her 9th and 10th race today. She finished 37th in the 9th race and in the next finished 38th. She is placed 35th overall and the medal race is on 1st August.
In the Men's One Person Dinghy Laser, Vishnu Saravanan also raced in his 9th and 10th race today. He finished an astonishing third in the 9th race and in the next finished 15th. He is placed 20th overall and the medal race is on 1st August. He can finish in the top 10 if he is able to repeat his 9th race heroics.