Two races were completed today at the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships. Both the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 gold fleets had clear starts for race 7 in about 13 knots of breeze and two knots of current.
Bart Lambriex with Floris van de Werken sailed brilliantly on the final day to secure their third straight world title without even needing to race the medal race.
Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler (SWE) were the class of the FX fleet all week. Upon winning their first World Championship they were swamped at the launch ramp by their training partners and competitors congratulating them on a dominating job.
Three New Zealand boats are assured of a spot on the start line at next year’s Olympics as Kiwi sailors advanced to medal races in their respective classes at the Sailing World Championships overnight.
Day six was a big waiting game for the Olympic classes as postponement flags took up real estate on every boat park flagpole until the afternoon. Gold fleet 49ers were the first to start racing at 2:00 pm, and the last boats came in off the water just after 8:30pm. Competitors are hunkering down for what’s looking like a similar schedule on day seven.
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Reigning Olympic ILCA 7 champion Matt Wearn has rocketed up the leaderboard to second after posting a bullet (race win) and a third in today’s racing at the Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Tune into the live stream for race 10, the medal races, for the three Para classes currently underway at Braassemermeer, The Netherlands. With knowledgeable commentary, the stream brings you up close to the thrilling races. The classes that are competing today for their champion are the Hansa 303 (M&W), 2.4 OD, and RS Venture Keel.
Two races were completed today in the ILCA 7 fleets at the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships, in about 8–10 knots of wind with about 3 knots of current. No races were completed in the ILCA 6 fleets, bringing both the women and men to a total of four qualifying races.
Australia’s 49erFX team of Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine moved into second place after the first day of Gold fleet racing at the Allianz Sailing World Championships in the Hague.
The battle between leaders Botin with Trittel (ESP) and Lambriex with van de Werken (NED) is on! After twelve 49er races, the Spanish and Dutch protagonists find themselves just 0.2 points apart at the top of the standings.
For Santiago Lange, the Allianz Sailing World Championships will be his last dance on the Olympic stage.
Heiko Kröger sealed gold in the 2.4m Norlin OD with a day to spare at the Allianz Sailing World Championships, while Olivier Ducruix and Ange Margaron also secured top spot in the RS Venture Connect.
Here’s the sumerised version of the Kiwi update after a light and frustrating day of racing at the 2023 Sailing World Championships.
It might seem some cruel twist of fate that, having spent the past 25 years coaching para sailors to be the best that they can be, Betsy Alison now finds herself competing as a para athlete in her own right.
Two races were completed today in the ILCA 6 fleets at the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships, in about 10 knots of shifty breeze with gusts up to 14 knots. However, the men were not so fortunate, and no races were completed in the ILCA 7 fleets due to lack of wind.
The Hague’s famous “Magic Carpet” tidal flow wreaked havoc with the afternoon session at the Allianz Sailing World Championships today, with races abandoned when light winds met the strong current to stop sailors in their tracks.
The first day of Gold fleet for the Nacra 17 brought all 25 top teams together. The racing became another notch more intense, and the conditions multiplied the up-and-down nature of the scores with a lighter offshore wind being hard for the teams to predict.
Max Verstappen, the Formula 1 driver making racing ‘boring’ wishes he was as inevitable in victory as Tita and Banti (ITA). The Italian Gold medalists ran another picket fence today with three straight victories in the nacra 17 racing. If they hold on to win the 2023 World Championship, that would make four World titles and a gold medal since 2017.
The fight for FX qualification is at a boil heading into gold fleet racing. There are 10 nation spots plus a spot for France available at the 2023 World Championship, and 19 nations make up the top 25 teams that remain in the hunt as we head to gold fleet racing.
Day 3 marks the end of qualifying, with the top 25 teams from 9 races making the gold fleet in 49er. The fleet of 83 boats gets whittled dramatically.
Olympic champion Matt Wearn insists he can summon the spirit of Tokyo to battle from behind and conjure a stirring comeback at the Allianz Sailing World Championships.
New Zealand’s top crews remain on track for a medal push at the Sailing World Championships in The Hague, despite losing some ground as they battled the world’s best sailors and the elements overnight.
The breeze was on again at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, with seven Australian teams across the Skiff and Nacra 17 classes finding their way into Gold Fleet racing at the conclusion of their qualifying series.
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