Mysore/Mysuru, April 10 -- Four sailors from India to compete at this year's Tokyo Olympics

In a historic first for India, four sailors from the country will compete at this year's Olympics after the pair of Kelappanda Chengappa Ganapathy - Varun Thakkar and Vishnu Saravanan made the cut for Tokyo at the Asian Qualifiers in Oman on Thursday.

This was after Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics in the laser radial event in the Mussanah Open Championship, which is an Asian Olympic qualifying event, held on Wednesday. It is also the first time that India will compete in three sailing events in the Olympics.

"Yes, history has been scripted. Four Indian sailors have qualified for Olympics to compete...