New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- After finally breaking her Asian Games podium jinx in her fourth appearance, Indian sailor Nethra Kumanan dedicated her maiden continental medal to her parents and everyone who stood by her through a long journey, while two-time Olympian Vishnu Saravanan set his sights on an Olympic medal after returning to India from the Aichi-Nagoya Games.

Nethra, 29, won bronze in the women's dinghy event at the Asian Games 2026, improving on her fourth-place finish at Hangzhou. She had previously finished seventh at Incheon 2014, fifth at Jakarta 2018 and fourth at Hangzhou, before finally reaching the podium in Aichi-Nagoya.

"I would like to dedicate this medal to my parents and everybody who stood by me and believed in me from...