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Diksha Dagar, the lone Indian to make the lower, completed with one more stable spherical to choose up a top-20 end on the Girls’s NSW Open in Wollongong, Australia.
Diksha, who started the week with a 6-over 77 and was in peril of lacking the lower, completed the week with a spherical of 68 on Sunday that gave her an 8-under complete of 276 for a T-20 end.
Agathe Laisne was topped the Girls European Tour (LET) winner after overcoming a crowded leaderboard on a dramatic ultimate day.
The opposite three Indians within the subject, Hitaashee Bakshi, Pranavi Urs and Avani Prashanth missed the lower within the weather-hit occasion.
-PTI
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Atiqa turns into first racer from nation to bag podium end in COTFA European collection
Racing prodigy Atiqa Mir has created historical past by turning into the primary Indian to safe a podium end within the extremely aggressive European leg of the COTFA karting collection.
The 11-year-old completed third within the ultimate of the opening spherical within the Champions of the Future Academy (COTFA) collection. The outcome over the weekend was additionally Atiqa’s greatest success since transferring from the Mini to the OKNJ (Junior) class.
Atiqa is the primary Indian to be supported by F1 Academy. All through the weekend, Atiqa was in prime type and likewise recorded the quickest lap within the ultimate.
She was on the right track for pole place however encountered a sluggish driver within the final nook of her flying lap, dropping her to ninth on the grid. Decided to get again to the entrance, Atiqa stormed to P3 in Race 1 and P2 in Race 2, setting herself up for a third-place begin within the ultimate race.
The 15-lap race within the ultimate was a real take a look at of energy and stamina on the super-fast Lucas Guerrero Circuit. Atiqa held second place at first and had an extended battle with the main pack.
On the ultimate lap, Atiqa made an audacious transfer on the second-placed driver across the outdoors of the notorious chicane on the final nook. She held off the problem to safe second place on observe, a document end for an Indian within the European leg of the collection.
A post-race penalty dropped her to 3rd on the rostrum.
-PTI
Printed on Mar 02, 2026