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India's Neha Thakur clinched the silver medal in the Girl's Dinghy - ILCA 4 to bring the first medal for the country in a sailing event on Tuesday morning at the Asian Games 2023. This was also the first medal for India on September 26 and 12th overall at the continental showpiece.
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Neha Thakur, who initially secured third place in the Girl's Dinghy - ILCA 4 category race nine, remarkably improved in race 10 to move to second place by achieving an overall time of 24:48.
On the other hand, India's Eabad Ali won bronze in the Men's Windsurfer RS:X event after 14 races. Ali finished with a total of 57 points to clinch the bronze medal as he edged past Malaysia's Muhammad Izzuddin Bin Abdul Rani by 1 point.
This was India's second medal on Tuesday, September 26 at the Asian Games 2023.
