HANGZHOU: Hailing from a family of farmers from Madhya Pradesh and raised in humble surroundings, Neha Thakur put behind her financial struggles and hardships to secure her nascent career's biggest medal-a silver-in the girls' dinghy ILCA4 event at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Neha, 17, rode on high winds at the Ningbo Xiangshan Sailing Centre which provided better speed, control and comfort over her boat to sail past Singapore's Keira Marie Carlyle for a second-place finish. Thailand's Noppassorn Khunboonjan won the gold with relative ease.