Enoshima: Nethra Konda hopes her appearance as the first woman who represents India in sailing at the Olympics will inspire others to follow the time, even though there is a difficult debut in the Tokyo match.
The 23-year-old was finished 35 of 44 competitors in the radial laser class, far outside the top 10 finishes needed to take part in the Sunday medal race, but he told Reuters that he was happy with the overall performance, despite some nerves.
“This is a difficult event, but I am happy to be here, I am happy to have brought attention to sports in this country.
I take it from him what I can and try to go back better,” he said.
“I’m a lot of struggling, but it’s okay.
I need to learn to arrange my expectations and I have to be fine next time.” I wanted to be bitten a bug sailing in a camp in Tamil Nadu in 2011, learning the basics before deciding to commit to sports two years later.
He took a brief hiatus of sports after losing the qualification for the Rio game, but returned with Tokyo at the tourist spot.
The late game because the Covid-19 pandemic proved positive for kumanan and he nailed in his place with a victory in the Olympic qualifying event in April 2021.
Even though he trained in Europe with several top competitors, Kumanan said he was found that the Olympic competition was a big step from regular regattas which they compete in the normal season.
“There are more at stake, obviously, there are more attention on it, but I expect it in a certain way.
I know what I’m coming to, but it affects me, but I have fun,” he explained.
Feedback from the family and from positive Indian sports fans, he said.
“They are proud of me because it will so far, just good things.
Good, there are four of us who came and it brought a lot of attention from India to sail, which was very cool to see, so I was happy with it.,” He said, as he said He hopes to join more Indian women for the Paris game in 2024.
“We returned to training next month and we had Asian games next year, which was a big thing for my country., And we left there,” he said.