Dharmender bags Laser Class crown

MUMBAI: Dharmender Singh of Army Yachting Node(AYN) had a fantastic final two races as he lifted the Standard Laser Class title during the Coastal National Sailing Championship at the Festival of Sails at the South of Oyster Rock, Colaba on Tuesday.Dharmender, who had lost his lead to compatriot Kuldeep Pandey on Monday, gathered his lost form to finish second and first in the race nine and ten to win the championship with 26 points. In the Radial Class category, it was again AYN's Ramesh Kumar who was a run-away winner with a gap of nine points.In the 4.7 Class category, Chintan Chatbar overcame tough resistance from Upamanyu Dutta, Vir Menon and Vishnu Saravanan to win the championship by six points.Final results: Standard Class: 1) Dharmender Singh -- 26 points 2) Kuldeep Kumar Pandey -- 28 points 3) Gajender Singh -- 39 points 4) Muzahid Khan -- 41 points 5) Gitesh -- 50 points.Radial Class: 1) Ramesh Kumar -- 20 points 2) Bikram Mohapatra -- 29 points 3) Shekhar Siingh Yadav -- 44 points 4) Xexes Bamboat -- 47 points 5) Sharif Khan 58 points.4.7 Class: 1) Chintan Chatbar -- 22 points 2) Upamanyu Dutta - 28 points 3) Vir Menon -- 28 points 4) Vishnu Saravanan -- 29 points 5) Ektha Yadav -- 60 points.