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Five Gold Wins, secured a day early

16 December 2021

Five Gold Wins, secured a day early

Lloyd Images / Oman Sail

The gold medals have been decided in five of the 11 events at the 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships presented by Hempel. The 420 girls along with both windsurfing and kitefoiling divisions have been wrapped up before Friday’s final races.

With the warm wind touching just over 10 knots, this was the best breeze of the regatta so far. The ever reliable Oman sun shone brightly on the sailors, and on Thursday’s gold medal winners in...

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Tokyo 2020 windsurfing golds for Yu (CHN) and Badloe (NED)

31 July 2021

Tokyo 2020 windsurfing golds for Yu (CHN) and Badloe (NED)

We thought the three-way battle for the Women’s Windsurfing – RS:X medal was exciting but then there was perhaps one of the craziest, most unpredictable Medal Races of all time in the Men’s division.

As gold was all but assured for Kiran Badloe in the Men’s RS:X, silver and bronze was decided by some close calls.

Further out to sea, the Opening Series for the Men’s and Women’s Skiff has resulted in no runaway leaders. Instead, Monday...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/31/tokyo-2020-windsurfing-golds-for-yu-chn-and-badloe-ned/

Injuries during Sailing

24 November 2020

Dr Anthony Theodorides

Injuries during Sailing

by Dr Anthony Theodorides*, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon Athens, Greece

Introduction

Sailing has been a mode of transportation for thousands of years and has been a recreational and competitive sport for hundreds of years. The sport of sailing covers a wide spectrum of boats and activities from recreational sailing on a lake to around the world ocean racing. The size and crew on a boat vary from single person 2.4m dinghy to the 23m...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/11/24/injuries-during-sailing/

Greece and Italy claim Windsurfing gold at the Youth Olympic Games

13 October 2018

Alexandros Kalpogiannakis

Alexandros Kalpogiannakis (GRE) and Giorgia Speciale (ITA) became the first sailors to take the title of 2018 Youth Olympic Champions at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition, held out of Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The first Medal Races in Sailing were held in the Girl’s and Boy’s Windsurfing class, with both fleets completing 11 races in the series over the course of the competition.

A seventh-place finish in the Medal Race – his lowest fleet race...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/13/greece-and-italy-claim-windsurfing-gold-at-the-youth-olympic-games/

Russian and Israeli windsurfers continue fight for medals at the Youth Olympic Games

12 October 2018

Tomer Vardimon

Ahead of Friday’s Medal Race, the battle to claim a spot on the podium amplified in the Windsurfing class at the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition at Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Shifting winds on the coldest day of the week so far brought new challenges for the Girl’s and Boy’s fleets, but both were able to complete three races each. However, Tuesday’s postponed slalom elimination race could not be finished, and will be abandoned.

And the podium places are by...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/12/russian-and-israeli-windsurfers-continue-fight-for-medals-at-the-youth-olympic-games/