Nethra Kumanan's guest appearances

Nethra Kumanan

The Filter Koffee Podcast

Guts Glory Gumption - The Voice of Indian Sports with Rica Roy Podcast

LeBron James

Ambi Parameswaran

Walter Murch

Emraan Hashmi

Muskan Sethi

Nikhil Pahwa

Ronnie Screwvala

Hari Krishnan

Gautam Chintamani

Lux Narayan

Alcohol Myths

Robin Singh

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Barkha Dutt

Abish Mathew

OwlTail

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Nethra Kumanan - The first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics in sailing. Karthik speaks to Nethra about her childhood in Chennai, how she encountered the sport and became among the world's best in it. They speak about the intricacies of the sport, how it is tremendously tactical and physical and how her conditioning from learning Bharatanatyam actually helped her excel in her sport. Nethra also talks about the challenges she overcame in her journey - from how she battled mental stress, which prevented her from qualifying for the Rio Olympics to the economic challenges of pursuing a sport like sailing for a regular family and growing up as a woman athlete in India.You can follow Nethra on Instagram &amp; Twitter:(https://instagram.com/nethrakumanan)(https://twitter.com/nettienetty)Tweet to Karthik Nagarajan (@The_Karthik): https://twitter.com/The_Karthik and follow his WordPress handle here (filterkoffee.com).You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Nethra Kumanan - The first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics in sailing. Karthik speaks to Nethra about her childhood in Chennai, how she encountered the sport and became among the world's best in it. They speak about the intricacies of the sport, how it is tremendously tactical and physical and how her conditioning from learning Bharatanatyam actually helped her excel in her sport. Nethra also talks about the challenges she overcame in her journey - from how she battled mental stress, which prevented her from qualifying for the Rio Olympics to the economic challenges of pursuing a sport like sailing for a regular family and growing up as a woman athlete in India.You can follow Nethra on Instagram &amp; Twitter:(<a href="https://instagram.com/nethrakumanan)(https://twitter.com/nettienetty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/nethrakumanan)(https://twitter.com/nettienetty</a>)Tweet to Karthik Nagarajan (@The_Karthik): <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Karthik" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/The_Karthik</a> and follow his WordPress handle here (<a href="http://filterkoffee.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">filterkoffee.com</a>).You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at <a href="http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ivmpodcasts.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Dancing with the waves with Nethra Kumanan

Nethra Kumanan is the first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics and also the first Indian sailor to get a direct entry into the Summer Games. Nethra Kumanan is the 10th Indian to qualify for a sailing event at an Olympics, but her achievement is a bit more special. Nethra Kumanan is the first woman from India to do so and significantly, the first Indian sailor to have booked a place at the Olympics directly and that too by topping a qualifying event for the Summer Games. The nine Indians before her managed to get to the Games only because the quotas were not filled up. Some even moved up from the waiting list. All of them, of course, were men. Most importantly, Nethra Kumanan earned her spot at the Tokyo Olympics in the Laser Radial category after she led the 10-race series at the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman convincingly in April 2021. In the medal round, she finished sixth and was placed second overall. Such was Nethra’s performance that she had all but booked her place on the penultimate day of the Asian qualifiers held at the Millennium Resort in the oldest sultanate situated on the Persian Gulf. Listen to her talk to Rica Roy in the Podcast Guts, Glory, Gumption – the voice of Indian Sports on the RedFM India App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nethra Kumanan is the first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics and also the first Indian sailor to get a direct entry into the Summer Games. Nethra Kumanan is the 10th Indian to qualify for a sailing event at an Olympics, but her achievement is a bit more special. Nethra Kumanan is the first woman from India to do so and significantly, the first Indian sailor to have booked a place at the Olympics directly and that too by topping a qualifying event for the Summer Games. The nine Indians before her managed to get to the Games only because the quotas were not filled up. Some even moved up from the waiting list. All of them, of course, were men. Most importantly, Nethra Kumanan earned her spot at the Tokyo Olympics in the Laser Radial category after she led the 10-race series at the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman convincingly in April 2021. In the medal round, she finished sixth and was placed second overall. Such was Nethra’s performance that she had all but booked her place on the penultimate day of the Asian qualifiers held at the Millennium Resort in the oldest sultanate situated on the Persian Gulf. Listen to her talk to Rica Roy in the Podcast Guts, Glory, Gumption – the voice of Indian Sports on the RedFM India App.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.