On the second day of the Ganga Kayak Festival underway in Devprayag, Amit Thapa of India won the men’s pro giant slalom event. Tarjan Gurung from Nepal and Daman Singh of India won the second and third positions respectively in this event.
The Ganga Kayak Festival is being organised jointly by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board and The Adventure Sports Society and was inaugurated on Monday at Devprayag by the local MLA Vinod Kandari.
Kayakers from across India, Russia, Australia and Nepal among other nations are competing in this event. The participants include 45 men and six women. Earlier, on the first day of the event, the men’s pro sprint event was won by Ayodhya Prasad followed by Man Bahadur of Nepal and Rishi Rana of India in the second and third positions respectively.
The women’s pro sprint, Elizabeth Heath of Australia came first followed by Ekatarina and Anna- both from Russia in the second and third positions respectively.
