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Spanish sailors picked up three gold medals and a silver at the ISAF Youth Worlds
France and Israel follow the Spanish team in the on the leader board
vendredi 18 juillet 2014 –
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420
Japan’s Ibuki Koizumi and Kotaro Matsuo and Singapore’s Yia Jia Loh and Jonathan Yeo were tied on 38 points apiece heading into the single 420 Boys race.
The Singaporeans were relaxed on the race course and took matters into their own hands as they had a great start which they were able to transition into a good lead. As they crossed the finish line in first it was Singaporean gold, their third throughout the history of the ISAF Youth Worlds.
"I am the happiest person in the world right now,” beamed Yeo. "We had tears of joy and I am just speechless. I will be feeling on top of the world at the closing ceremony. I am just really grateful for everyone who has helped me and my partner. My coach has phoned my parents and everyone back home, I think when I speak to them I will be speechless again.”
The Japanese pair finished 12th in the final race to drop to bronze medal position as a third from Malaysia’s Mohammad Faizal Norizan and Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz promoted them up to silver.
Gold and silver were decided on the penultimate day with Spain’s Silvia Mas and Marta Davila holding an unassailable lead atop of the pack with Israel’s Yahel Wallach and Stav Brokman unable to be dislodged in second.
Anything was possible in the fleet with places third to seventh capable of winning gold. In the end Poland’s Ewa Romaniuk and Katarzyna Goralska took the bull by the horns and took the final race victory and with it, a bronze medal.
SL16
France’s Louis Flament and Charles Dorange had dominated the SL16 fleet with consistent racing across the week and sealed gold with their seventh race victory on the final day.
The vibrant youngsters have been sailing together since they were seven years old and ten years on from their first outing together they are celebrating an ISAF Youth Worlds gold medal.
"This is an accomplishment of a lot of work together,” said Dorange. "We are always progressing in sailing and always doing our best and this is our accomplishment and we are very happy to have this reward.”
Historically the French team have been strong in the multihulls at the ISAF Youth Worlds and the pair have thanks to an inspirational racer,
"When we saw Billy Besson [Nacra 17 and Formula 18 World Champion] racing the SL16 we wanted to be like him because he is a World Champion. We always wanted to be like him so we are happy that we are a world champion, like him.”
Jordi and Ruben Booth walk away with silver whilst Brazil’s Kim Vidal and Antonio Lopes finish third overall. Vidal ages out of the ISAF Youth Worlds having taken one gold and two bronze medals from four events he’s competed at.
Voir en ligne : Press info ISAF / www.sailing.org
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