Open sprint race

The Junior Sprint Race: Local lads claimed the top honours in the junior sprint (200m) category with Raju Pujar, Akash Pujar and Praveen topping the podium in the inaugural India Paddle Festival here on Sunday. The Indian juniors made a clean sweep of the podium in the junior sprint (200m) with Raju Pujar being crowned the winner, closely followed by Akash Pujar and Praveen in the second and third positions respectively.

On the final day of India’s first-ever International Stand-Up Paddling event, the India Paddle Festival came to a fitting closure with Fernando Perez from Spain walking away as the champion in the men’s open sprint race (200 M) category with a timing of 2 minutes 37 seconds on Sunday. Esperanza Barreras from Spain was crowned champion in the women’s open sprint race (200 M) with a timing of 2 minutes 55 seconds.

In the men’s category, Christian Andersen finished second with a timing of 2 minutes 53 seconds, while Hungary’s Daniel Hasyulo finished third with a timing of 2 minutes and 54 seconds.