MANGALURU: Tamil Nadu surfers excelled as they swept the highest honours in a number of classes on the fifth Indian Open of Browsing (IOS), the official nationwide championship of the Browsing Federation of India, held at Sasihithlu Seaside on Sunday.
Ajeesh Ali, who competed within the Paris Olympics qualifiers (2023 ISA World Browsing Video games, El Salvador) final 12 months, was topped the brand new IOS champion within the Males’s Open class. Teenage sensation Kamali Moorthi accomplished a double victory by successful each the Girls’s Open and Groms Women and U-16 classes, efficiently defending her titles. One other Tamil Nadu teenager, Tayin Arun, impressed the judges together with his manoeuvres and was topped the brand new IOS champion within the Groms Boys and U-16 class.
On the semi-finals of the Groms 16 and Underneath Boys class, native favorite Pradeep Pujar led the pack with a rating of 8.80, advancing to the finals alongside Prahlad Sriram (8.50), Harish P (8.26), and Tayin Arun (6.76).
Head Decide Dylan Amar from Indonesia mentioned, “The circumstances had been wonderful, making this venue extremely aggressive. If athletes preserve this degree of effort, Indian surfers may quickly make it to the Olympics.”
Within the semi-finals of the Groms 16 and Underneath Women class, Tamil Nadu surfers Dhamayanthi Sriram and Mahathi Srinivasabharathi certified for the finals with scores of 4.57 and three.54 respectively. Kamali Moorthi, the highest seed from Tamil Nadu, was granted a ultimate spot primarily based on her nationwide rating.
The finals of the Groms 16 and Underneath Boys class noticed Tayin Arun on his first title at IOS with a rating of 10.17. Harish P (8.40) and Prahlad Sriram (7.47) made it an exhilarating competitors, ending second and third. Mantra Surf Membership’s Pradeep Pujar completed fourth with a rating of 5.34.
Within the Groms 16 and Underneath Women finals, an all-Tamil Nadu affair, Kamali Moorthi emerged victorious with a commanding rating of 12.17, securing the title by a large margin. Dhamayanthi Sriram (5.93) and Mahathi Srinivasabharathi (2.07) completed second and third.
The spotlight occasion of the day was the Males’s Open Browsing ultimate, one other all-Tamil Nadu affair, wherein Ajeesh Ali walked away with the championship title with the very best rating of the day (14.70). Srikanth D (12.57) and Sanjaikumar S (11.10) took the runner-up and second runner-up titles, whereas Sanjay Selvamani got here in fourth with a rating of 6.17.
Ali mentioned, “The circumstances in the present day had been difficult with sluggish waves, however fortunately, I had a board particularly for such circumstances.”
Within the Girls’s Open surf class finals, Kamali Moorthi scored 12.40 within the finals, narrowly edging out 2022 champion Sugar Banarse from Goa, who scored 12.23 and completed because the runner-up by simply 0.17 factors. Neha Vaid from Mumbai got here in third with a rating of two.97. Kamali mentioned,”. Browsing in Mangaluru is at all times a pleasure, and in the present day was no completely different. I managed to remain calm and never let the strain get to me earlier than the finals.”
AV Ramana Chairman, NMPA, and Dhananjaya Shetty, Director, Browsing Swami Basis, awarded the winners with money prizes, trophies, and certificates.
The occasion had obtained main assist from the New Mangalore Port Authority, which was introduced because the Title Sponsor for the primary time. The Karnataka Authorities, the ‘Offered by’ sponsor, had prolonged its assist to the occasion for the fifth consecutive 12 months. Cycle Pure Agarbatti and Explurger (social media associate) got here on board as ‘Powered by’ sponsors for IOS.
Ajeesh Ali, who competed within the Paris Olympics qualifiers (2023 ISA World Browsing Video games, El Salvador) final 12 months, was topped the brand new IOS champion within the Males’s Open class. Teenage sensation Kamali Moorthi accomplished a double victory by successful each the Girls’s Open and Groms Women and U-16 classes, efficiently defending her titles. One other Tamil Nadu teenager, Tayin Arun, impressed the judges together with his manoeuvres and was topped the brand new IOS champion within the Groms Boys and U-16 class.
On the semi-finals of the Groms 16 and Underneath Boys class, native favorite Pradeep Pujar led the pack with a rating of 8.80, advancing to the finals alongside Prahlad Sriram (8.50), Harish P (8.26), and Tayin Arun (6.76).
Head Decide Dylan Amar from Indonesia mentioned, “The circumstances had been wonderful, making this venue extremely aggressive. If athletes preserve this degree of effort, Indian surfers may quickly make it to the Olympics.”
Within the semi-finals of the Groms 16 and Underneath Women class, Tamil Nadu surfers Dhamayanthi Sriram and Mahathi Srinivasabharathi certified for the finals with scores of 4.57 and three.54 respectively. Kamali Moorthi, the highest seed from Tamil Nadu, was granted a ultimate spot primarily based on her nationwide rating.
The finals of the Groms 16 and Underneath Boys class noticed Tayin Arun on his first title at IOS with a rating of 10.17. Harish P (8.40) and Prahlad Sriram (7.47) made it an exhilarating competitors, ending second and third. Mantra Surf Membership’s Pradeep Pujar completed fourth with a rating of 5.34.
Within the Groms 16 and Underneath Women finals, an all-Tamil Nadu affair, Kamali Moorthi emerged victorious with a commanding rating of 12.17, securing the title by a large margin. Dhamayanthi Sriram (5.93) and Mahathi Srinivasabharathi (2.07) completed second and third.
The spotlight occasion of the day was the Males’s Open Browsing ultimate, one other all-Tamil Nadu affair, wherein Ajeesh Ali walked away with the championship title with the very best rating of the day (14.70). Srikanth D (12.57) and Sanjaikumar S (11.10) took the runner-up and second runner-up titles, whereas Sanjay Selvamani got here in fourth with a rating of 6.17.
Ali mentioned, “The circumstances in the present day had been difficult with sluggish waves, however fortunately, I had a board particularly for such circumstances.”
Within the Girls’s Open surf class finals, Kamali Moorthi scored 12.40 within the finals, narrowly edging out 2022 champion Sugar Banarse from Goa, who scored 12.23 and completed because the runner-up by simply 0.17 factors. Neha Vaid from Mumbai got here in third with a rating of two.97. Kamali mentioned,”. Browsing in Mangaluru is at all times a pleasure, and in the present day was no completely different. I managed to remain calm and never let the strain get to me earlier than the finals.”
AV Ramana Chairman, NMPA, and Dhananjaya Shetty, Director, Browsing Swami Basis, awarded the winners with money prizes, trophies, and certificates.
The occasion had obtained main assist from the New Mangalore Port Authority, which was introduced because the Title Sponsor for the primary time. The Karnataka Authorities, the ‘Offered by’ sponsor, had prolonged its assist to the occasion for the fifth consecutive 12 months. Cycle Pure Agarbatti and Explurger (social media associate) got here on board as ‘Powered by’ sponsors for IOS.