CITY’S triathletes Sanjana and Snehal Joshi have been selected in the Indian team that will participate in the South Asian Triathlon Championship to be held alongside the Asia Triathlon Cup in Pokhara, Nepal on April 27. India will be sending a contingent of 33 members for the South Asian Championship. Both sisters are in great form and have made a podium finish a couple of months back with gold and silver in INS Shivaji Triathlon Meet. Snehal had won the gold while Sanjana took silver in the triathlon conducted by Indian Navy at Lonavala .

 

The Indian contingent will be spearheaded by the experienced duo of Adarsh Muralidharan Sinimol and Pragnya Mohan. The competition is a sprint race comprising 750m swim, 20km cycling and a 5km run. According to reports, Pragnya had won her third straight South Asian title in the last edition while also taking the ninth spot in the women’s overall category. Maharashtra duo of Sanjana and Mansi Mohite, had bagged silver and bronze respectively behind Gujarat’s Pragnya last year. Services’ Muralidharan Sinimol, who finished third last year and was the winner in 2022.

Both Sanjana and Snehal train under father and coach Sunil Joshi.