Indian sailors are still at sea in the Olympic yachting arena.
Success at the Asian level, in the form of medals at numerous Asian Games, popped up Olympic hopefuls who found it tough to keep in step with world-class competition. Nachhatar Singh Johal ventures into difficult territory as the lone Indian sailor at Beijing, competing in the Finn category (heavyweight dingy), featuring double Olympic yachting champion Ben Ainslie of Great Britain. The sport is so competitive at the Olympic level that qualifying is the first hurdle for Indians. Johal is the highest ranked Asian (No. 53) on the International Sailing Federation July 2008 list (ahead of China’s Zheng Peng who is 57) and got the nod on the basis of Unused Quota Positions (UQP) allotted by the ISAF.
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