India International Regatta: Varsha and Aishwarya make a sweep

Win all three races in the 29er class

GOOD SHOW: Christopher Besy won race 1 and race 3 in the laser 4.7 category on Wednesday.

The Incheon Asian Games bronze medallist pair of Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan won all three races in the 29er class by huge margins on the opening day of the India International Regatta here on Wednesday.

Riley Cameron of Hong Kong clinched all the three races in the laser radial class while compatriot Christopher Bezy excelled in the laser 4.7 category, winning Race 1 and 3.

Aniketh Rajaram, with eight points, was in the lead in the Optimist class at the end of day one.

The provisional results: Indians unless otherwise mentioned:

29er: Race 1: 1. Varsha Gautham & Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan, 2. Pavan Verma & Navneet Vishwakarma, 3. Hanna Hoije & Emma Fridolfsson (Swe); Race 2: 1. Varsha & Aishwarya, 2. Hanna & Emma (Swe), 3. Praveen Prabhakar & Mohammed Asif; Race 3: 1. Varsha & Aishwarya, 2. Anand Thakur & Vishal Thakur, 3. Pavan & Navneet. Laser 4.7:Race 1: 1. Christopher Bezy (Hkg), 2. Vishnu Sujeesh, 3. Zul Aqir Helmy (Mas); Race 2: 1. Vishnu, 2. Christopher, 3. Shikhar Garg; Race 3: 1. Christopher, 2. Vishnu, 3. Asmawi Azman (Mas).

Laser radial: Race 1: Riley Cameron (Hkg), 2. Vishnu Saravanan, 3. Nethra Kumanan;

Race 2: 1. Riley, 2. Vishnu, 3. Nethra;

Race 3: 1. Riley, 2. Vishnu, 3. Nethra.

Optimist class: Race 1: 1. Ramya Saravanan, 2. Naveen Kumanan, 3. Mahesh Balachander;

Race 2: 1. Aniketh Rajaram, 2. Vishal Singh, 3. Mahesh Balachander;

Race 3: 1. Robbie McCutcheon (Nzl), 2. Aniketh, 3. Naveen.