Rs-X Youth World Championship – Israelis on the roof of the world

by Leonardo Omezzoli on 1 Jul 2017 Tom Reuveny (Isr) is the undisputed champion of the Rs:X Youth World Championship held at Circolo Surf Torbole between the 24th of June and the First of July.

For the Female league the gold medal goes to Maya Morris (Isr). As expected Nicolò Renna is the new U17 world champion, and his performance yesterday was as exceptional as the previous ones.

Yesterday's race was exciting, incredible and kept everyone on their toes up to the last minute. The wind and the Lake's conditions animated the show, which was followed by many people from Torbole's lakefront and by some spectators who reached the very field of the competition to watch firsthand the competition unfolding.

Once again today Circolo Surf Torbole's organization - backed by Fiv and by the main sponsors, Garda Trentino and Hydrodolomiti - revealed itself to be above any kind of reproach, excellent on this most important day of the Championship - the final round, the last battle, settling of scores - as in the previous ones.

The twelve best athletes of each category faced each other in an exciting and lethal head to head. Three rounds to halve the group again and again to find the winners of the contest: from twelve to six and then to three. And then, the Final round, end of games and finish line of the Championship, the round to finish all rounds and find the Champion, that athlete who distinguished himself from the very beginning through his athletic gifts.

The Championship has been exciting from the first racing days, where the Garda Trentino had the chance to show itself for the great sailing stage it is. A place capable of hosting important, international level competitions, a fact which was also highlighted by Olympic champion Alessandra Sensini, current vice president of CONI and guest of the championship from its beginning, who came to study tomorrow's surfers.

The next Olympic Games are getting close - though not too close - and Tokyo 2020 may already be an objective to reach for the large part of these racers. Italy did well and, though having space to grow further, already has athletes who have a lot to show in the Rs:X Olympic class. Observers, especially the ones working for the Italian national team, joined the spectators through the days of the competition to keep an eye on the Athletes who, in turn, distinguished themselves with excellent performances.

The curtain closes on Circolo Surf Torbole and the Rs:X Youth World Championship, but it's only an interval. We will meet again in 2018 with the Mixed Windsurf Championship and possibly (president Armando Bronzetti recently revealed the Circolo's candidacy as host of the event) in 2019, the year of the selections for the Olympic games, for the Rs:X Olympic class General World Championship. Torbole and its Circolo keep on being Garda Lake's gem for what concerns windsurf.