The 2012 silver medallist Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus advised the Indian Army subedar, who qualified for the Olympics for the second time in a row. Saravanan’s affair with a sailboat began at the age of nine, which is not surprising for someone who grew up watching his father, Ramachandran Saravanan, windsurf at the Army Yachting Node in Mumbai.
The 24-year-old Vishnu Saravanan, a sailor, qualified for the Paris Olympics by placing 26th in the men’s ICLA-7 World Championships on Wednesday. For the Indian Army subedar, who spent some time at the Adelaide Sailing Club listening to 33-year-old Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus, the 2012 silver medallist and two-time world champion, it was his second consecutive Olympic qualification. After the race, Kontides, a four-time Olympian who was competing in his fifth Games in Paris, caught Vishnu’s attention.
“Being able to requalify for the Olympics is definitely nice.” It must be the first objective in the Olympic cycle, and I’m happy to have accomplished it in Adelaide. I was positioned next to the legendary sailing competitor Pavlos Kontides for the entire week of the regatta.
Saravanan’s affair with a sailboat began at the age of nine, which is not surprising for someone who grew up watching his father, Ramachandran Saravanan, windsurf at the Army Yachting Node in Mumbai. The child frequently gained experience on the Optimist, a light sail with a hull weight of 35 kg as opposed to the hull weight of 58.97 kg on the ILCA-7.
