Rithika continues to dominate

Hyderabad: Rithika Dangi of NSS extended her domination to the second day by winning three out of three races in the ILCA 6 women's category at the Hyderabad sailing week here on Thursday.After winning the first three races on Wednesday, Ritika won the fourth, fifth and sixth races conducted on Thursday.With the wind gusting between eight to 15 knots and steady at 240 degrees the sailors found the conditions helpful.Meanwhile, Koteswara Rao, who won all the three races on the first day failed to win even one in the ILCA 6 category. Adhvanth Prashanth Menon of INWTC won two while Akshat Kumar of NSS emerged victorious in one race. Koteswara Rao had registered two second-place finishes.Results (Men): ILCA 7: Race II: 1 Mohit Saini (AYN), 2 Avinash Yadav (INWTC), 3 Bikram Mahapatra (EMESA). Race III: 1 Gitesh (AYN), 2 Deepak Saini (INWTC), 3 Mohit Saini (AYN). Race IV: 1 Deepak K Saini (INWTC), 2 B Mohapatra (EMESA), 3 Sikhanshu Singh (AYN).ILCA 6: Race IV: 1 Adhvanth Prasanth Menon (INWTC), 2 Koteswara Rao (AYN), 3 N Hemanth (TSC). Race V: 1 Akshat Kumar (NSS), 2 Koteswara Rao (AYN), 3 Hemanth (TSC). Race VI: 1 Adhvanth Prashanth (INWTC), 2 Rammilan Yadav (NSS), 3 N Hemanth (TSC).ILCA 4: Race II: 1 Eklavya Batham (NSS), 2 Nithin Nayak (TSC), 3 G Mallesh (INWTC). Race III: 1 Adhvanth Prashanth Menon (INWTC), 2 G Mallesh (INWTC), 3 Nithin Nayak (TSC). Race IV: 1 Akshat Kumar (NSS), 2 K Nithin Naik (EMESA), 3 Anshraj Bundla (EMESA).Women (ILCA 6): Race IV: 1 Rithika Dangi (NSS), 2 Shital Sendhav (NSS), 3 R Keerthi (EMESA). Race V: 1 Rithika Dangi (NSS), 2 Shital Sendhav, 3 R Keerthi (EMESA). Race VI: 1 Rithika Dangi (NSS), 2 Shital Sendhav (NSS), 3 R Ashwini (EMESA).