Champions Boat League: Finals/ Race 12 Highlights - Kollam (Malayalam)

Tropical Titans rowed their snake-boat to glory yet again in a photo-finish final at the 12th leg of the #ChampionsBoatLeague to score 173 points overall, emerging as winners of the inaugural edition of the pioneering water event!

At the splendid Ashtamudi Lake amid high suspense over the CBL’s runners-up, Raging Rowers came second by gaining a narrow edge over Mighty Oars who ended third in a thoroughly spirited race that marked the finale of the championship. The victors had a lead of mere 11 milliseconds over their immediate rivals, while the team that came third was just 13 milliseconds behind the runners-up.

Tropical Titans emerged victors with a timing of 4:33:69 minutes along the one-km track, while Raging Rowers clocked 4:33:80 and Mighty Oars 4:33:93.

The ‘Nerolac Excel Fastest Team of the Day’ also went to Tropical Titans with the best timing of 4:21:50 in the heats. The team thus got five points besides 10 for finishing first in the finals

Here’s the list of teams in the overall tally: Tropical Titans (first 173 points), Raging Rowers (second, 86), Mighty Oars (third, 76), Coast Dominators (fourth, 75), Backwater Knights (fifth, 60), Pride Chasers (sixth, 50), Backwater Warriors (seventh, 37), Thunder Oars (eighth, 28) and Backwater Ninjas (ninth, 26).