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National Kiteboarding Champion Arjun Motha: Athletes from host Tamil Nadu dominated the opening day of Kadal Kondattam, India’s premier ocean sports festival, with a clean sweep across all categories in Kayaking and Stand-up Paddling.

On Day 1 of the event originally scheduled to begin on September 12 but had to be postponed due to erratic weather and rough sea conditions, Tamil Nadu athletes clinched a total of 21 medals across Sub-junior, Senior, U-18 Boys, Girls Senior, and Open Men’s categories in Kayaking, as well as Amateur Standing Position Men and Girls Senior categories in Stand-up Paddling.

The three-day festival is being organised by Aqua Outback, under the leadership of former National Kiteboarding Champion Arjun Motha, with support from Tamil Nadu Tourism and the Government of Tamil Nadu, at the pristine Muthu Nagar beach, Tuticorin.