Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Mahi Verma Finishes Sixth in Asian Games Girls Dinghy
Mahi Verma is a 16-year-old sailor from India.
She competed in the girls dinghy event at the Asian Games.
She finished sixth overall.
She came eighth in the final race, Race 12.
She had retired from the first race but took part in all the others.
Her score was 75 total points and 57 net points.
In this kind of sailing, the competitor with the lowest overall score wins.
Thailand took gold, Hong Kong won silver, and South Korea earned bronze.
Sixteen-year-old Indian sailor Mahi Verma finished sixth overall in the girls dinghy event.
Verma placed eighth in Opening Series Race 12 on Saturday.
She retired from Race 1 and competed in each of the remaining races.
Verma recorded 75 total points and 57 net points.
Thailand won gold, Hong Kong silver, and South Korea bronze.
- Who
- Indian sailor Mahi Verma, 16, and competitors in the girls dinghy event.
- What
- Verma finished sixth overall, with 75 total points and 57 net points.
- When
- Saturday; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- At the Asian Games; the specific location is not stated.
- Why
- The event was decided using an international low-point fleet racing format, in which the lowest cumulative scores win.
- Event
- Girls dinghy sailing
- Mahi Verma's overall placing
- Sixth
- Mahi Verma's Race 12 placing
- Eighth in Opening Series Race 12
- Mahi Verma's score
- 75 total points; 57 net points
- Race participation
- Retired from Race 1 and competed in each remaining race
- Medalists
- Thailand's Pinchanok Klaysomboon (gold, 25 total points); Hong Kong's Zixi Huang (silver, 29); South Korea's Song Lee (bronze, 31)
- Scoring format
- International low-point fleet racing; the lowest cumulative scores win