Indian Sports Wrap, May 31: Veer Ahlawat produces steady round at Austrian Open
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Ahlawat produces another steady round to be tied 11th at Austrian Open
India’s Veer Ahlawat played a steady second round to follow up on his good first round to sit tied 11th at the halfway stage of the Austrian Alpine Open.
With rounds of 67-68 at the par-70 Gut Altentann GC. Ahlawat was 5-under and six shots behind the leader, Marcel Schneider (63-66) at 11-under.
Ahlawat’s colleague Shubhankar Sharma played a much better second round for one under par, but it was not enough to keep him in the tournament.
The difficult first day came back to haunt him as it left him quite a bit short of the cut, which was set at one under par while his total score was four over par. This is the fifth straight missed cut for Sharma.
Ahlawat had four birdies and two bogeys. The birdies came on the third, fifth, ninth and 18th holes and the bogeys came on the second and 15th holes.
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Saptak Talwar misses cut as Quim Vidal continues to lead
Saptak Talwar failed to make the cut at the Challenge de Cadiz as he shot one-over par 73 on the second day.
With a total score of five-over par at the end of the second round Talwar was left well short of the cut that was set at par.
Talwar had a strong front nine as he birdied the third and sixth holes and dropped a shot on the ninth hole.
The back nine would prove to be Talwar’s undoing as he started with a birdie on the 10th before dropping two shots with a double bogey on the 11th.
He picked up a shot on the 13th only to drop two more shots with consecutive bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes for an early end to the week in Spain.
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Rayhan Thomas likely to miss cut on Korn Ferry
India’s Rayhan Thomas is likely to miss the cut at the UNC Health Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour after a disappointing second round at the Raleigh Country Club.
Thomas, who shot 2-under 68 on the first day was 4-over through 17 holes in the second when play was suspended due to lightning.
Thomas is now 2-over and with the cut likely at 3-under, he will miss the cut at the Raleigh Country Club in North Carolina.
Sudarshan Yellamaraju, who has previously won on the Korn Ferry Tour, withdrew after the first round.
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POWERLIFTING
56-year-old Indian powerlifter Lalit Patel wins three gold at IBBF World Championship
Lalit Patel, a 56-year-old powerlifter from Gujarat, won three gold medals at the IBBF World Powerlifting Championship held in Pattaya, Thailand.
Competing in the Master Two category (83-93kg), Patel topped the podium in the bench press, deadlift and squat events in the competition held between May 10 and 12.
Patel has been training intensively for the past eight months to prepare for the global event. He took up powerlifting just five years ago and follows a strict vegetarian diet.
“Age and diet are no barriers to success,” said Patel.
Over the years, Patel has bagged 16 district-level, 18 state-level and 12 national-level medals. With this international feat, he now plans to guide young athletes and explore competitive bodybuilding.
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