ISAF Youth Worlds - Medals decided in thrilling Tavira conclusion

by ISAF on 19 Jul 2014 Competition at the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship in Tavira, Portugal came to a thrilling conclusion as the medals across the eight events were decided.

A beautiful westerly breeze came through early in the afternoon allowing three RS:X Boys and Girls races, two 29er races with a single race in the remaining fleets.

Racing commenced at 12:00 local time in a breeze that slowly built to 10-13 knots as the day progressed.

Russia's Stefaniya Elfutina overthrew China's Shi Hongmei on the final day to claim a hard fought gold medal.

It all boiled down to the final race and a nervy Elfutina was unsure whether or not she had won ashore as she explained her day, 'The first race was not good, in fact it was really bad, I was fifth but the next one was better and I was second. Before the last race I was second and had three points to first place and I was nervous a little bit because everybody is strong and I said okay, do what you can, and I was first and she [Hongmei] was fifth or sixth.

'It's amazing but for now we should wait for the results because I'm afraid. When I see the results that Russia's first then yes, that's okay to celebrate.'

When the results were published a scream of joy from Elfutina echoed across the boat park and beyond. She added, 'I feel happy. It's all such a good feeling and I don't believe it yet. It's like a dream and it's my second World Championship win and I love it.

'This is one more step to my dream of being at the Olympics and being in the adult world.

'I want to say thanks to all of the girls and organization because it was a really good competition. We've had a great championship.'

The Chinese sailor came away with silver and Italy's Marta Maggetti remained in bronze medal position after a 2-3-4 scoreline.

Overnight RS:X Boys leader Yael Paz (ISR) held on to take gold after a nervy finish. With three races sailed Mattia Camboni (ITA) reduced Paz's four point lead to one in Race 10 with a bullet. One place separated them in Race 11 with two points the difference going into the final showdown.

The mathematics had been done before Race 12 and Camboni needed to put two places between him and Paz. As Camboni stormed through to take the final race bullet he quickly turned to view the action behind him and was left downhearted when the Israeli crossed in second to seal gold.

For Paz it was jubilation, 'It's a great feeling and it was a really tough race and really tight at the end but I'm so glad I won.

'It was really tricky racing with strong competition. I won by one point in the end so it was really tight. It was really hard and before every start I had to think about what I had to. It was massive pressure but in the end I managed to deal with it and I feel great and can't wait to talk to everyone back home.'

Camboni took six race wins across the 12 race series but ultimately it was Paz's consistency that handed him gold with the Italian settling for silver.

Poland's Radoslaw Furmanski picked up bronze.

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.

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.

Having lost the 29er lead they had held all week on the penultimate day France's Brice Yrieix and Loic Fischer Guillou hit back on the final day to take gold.

The pair trailed America's Quinn Wilson and Riley Gibbs by one point overnight but were able to level the scores up after the first race of the day. With both teams on 47 points it was a winner takes all bout. The French maintained their composure and came through in sixth whilst the Americans finished 13th sparking French celebrations on the water.

'There was a lot of pressure before the last race because we were in second,' said Yrieix, 'but now I am very happy because we are World Champions and our next goal is the 29er World Championship.'

A smiley Fischer Guillou added, 'I feel great, this is the result we wanted.'

It was a deserved victory for the French pair who have been consistent performers on the race course throughout the 13 race series.

The Americans take away silver whilst Markus Somerville and Isaac Mchardie (NZL) walk away in bronze.

In a three way shoot out for Laser Radial Boys honours Joel Rodriguez (ESP) came out on top following a fourth place. Seafra Guilfoyle (IRL) put the pressure on the Spaniard with a final race bullet but a fourth was enough for Rodriguez as he took gold by four points.

'It was close at the end but I am really happy,' said Rodriguez. 'I started the championship really bad and yesterday I managed to get in the lead and today I was able to win. It was very close.'

The Irish racer climbed up to second overall following his bullet whilst Singapore's Ryan Lo fell to third, discarding his 19th in the last race.

Martina Reino (ESP) made it double Spanish Laser Radial gold as she stylishly took the hnours with a final race bullet. Across the nine race series the Spanish sailor has amassed four race wins and finishes 11 points ahead of Haddon Hughes (USA) and Monika Mikkola (FIN).

After racing Reino said, 'I had a very good start and then the race was easy. I sailed very well to finish first and it was just perfect. I have no words to describe it because winning a world championship is a dream. It's crazy, I am very happy.'

Hughes and Mikkola ended up tied on 50 points but the American takes silver having picked up one more race win than the Finnish sailor.

Focus now turns to the closing ceremony which will take place outside of Tavira's Town Hall at 20:30 local time.

Results as of 14:05 on July 18, 2014 - 420 (Boys)

Overall

Sailed: 9, Discards: 1, To count: 8, Entries: 32, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	HelmName	CrewName	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Total	Nett
1st	SIN	Yia Jia Loh	Jonathan Yeo	4.0	11.0	(33.0 RET)	6.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	72.0	39.0
2nd	MAS	Mohammad Faizal Norizan	Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz	1.0	(13.0)	3.0	13.0	6.0	11.0	3.0	57.0	44.0
3rd	JPN	Ibuki Koizumi	Kotaro Matsuo	6.0	1.0	11.0	(33.0 RET)	14.0	3.0	12.0	83.0	50.0
4th	FRA	Hippolyte Machetti	Sidoine Dantes	(20.0)	2.0	10.0	8.0	11.0	4.0	2.0	70.0	50.0
5th	POR	Diogo Pereira	Manuel Macedo	(21.0)	6.0	1.0	1.0	18.0	8.0	8.0	72.0	51.0
6th	NED	Bart Lambriex	Philip Meijer	13.0	(33.0 UFD)	6.0	11.0	1.0	6.0	16.0	98.0	65.0
7th	ISR	Harel Yadid	Itay Lamprecht	12.0	16.0	2.0	2.0	7.0	7.0	5.0	81.0	65.0
8th	BRA	Tiago Brito	Phillip Essle	3.0	20.0	(33.0 UFD)	5.0	12.0	2.0	9.0	103.0	70.0
9th	CHI	Francisco Ducasse	Exequiel Grez	9.0	4.0	9.0	(19.0)	9.0	5.0	13.0	91.0	72.0
10th	GBR	Timothy Riley	James Taylor	11.0	(21.0)	5.0	12.0	4.0	14.0	7.0	94.0	73.0

 

Results as of 14:04 on July 18, 2014 - 420 (Girls)

Overall

Sailed: 9, Discards: 1, To count: 8, Entries: 27, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	HelmName	CrewName	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Total	Nett
1st	ESP	Silvia Mas Depares	Marta Davila Mateu	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	(28.0 DNC)	51.0	23.0
2nd	ISR	Yahel Wallach	Stav Brokman	7.0	6.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	40.0	32.0
3rd	POL	Ewa Romaniuk	Katarzyna Goralska	13.0	4.0	8.0	(14.0)	6.0	2.0	1.0	59.0	45.0
4th	SIN	Kimberly Lim	Savannah Siew	6.0	10.0	3.0	6.0	4.0	(26.0)	6.0	75.0	49.0
5th	GER	Theres Dahnke	Birte Winkel	2.0	2.0	6.0	12.0	12.0	7.0	(19.0)	70.0	51.0
6th	CHI	Nadja Horwitz	Carmina Malsch	4.0	1.0	4.0	8.0	11.0	11.0	(20.0)	76.0	56.0
7th	KOR	Lee Nakyung	Choi Seoeun	8.0	5.0	(13.0)	7.0	9.0	4.0	10.0	71.0	58.0
8th	ITA	Clara Addari	Arianna Perini	10.0	(15.0)	14.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	11.0	74.0	59.0
9th	AUS	Nia Jerwood	Lisa Smith	3.0	7.0	9.0	4.0	5.0	12.0	12.0	80.0	65.0
10th	GBR	Sarah Norbury	Mari Davies	12.0	16.0	11.0	16.0	7.0	5.0	(28.0 UFD)	110.0	82.0

 

Results as of 15:20 on July 18, 2014 - 29er

Overall

Sailed: 13, Discards: 1, To count: 12, Entries: 30, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	Helm	Crew	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Total	Nett
1st	FRA	Brice Yrieix	Loic Fischer Guillou	1.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	1.0	(31.0 UFD)	14.0	5.0	6.0	84.0	53.0
2nd	USA	Quinn Wilson	Riley Gibbs	2.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	(31.0 DNF)	7.0	3.0	1.0	6.0	13.0	91.0	60.0
3rd	NZL	Markus Somerville	Isaac Mchardie	4.0	13.0	3.0	13.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	6.0	4.0	14.0	(17.0)	92.0	75.0
4th	NED	Odile Van Aanholt	Lars Van Stekelenborg	6.0	12.0	5.0	(16.0)	7.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	11.0	1.0	12.0	96.0	80.0
5th	SLO	Peter Lin Janezi?	Anze Podlogar	7.0	7.0	(14.0)	12.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	12.0	9.0	2.0	10.0	98.0	84.0
6th	ARG	Tomas Patricio Di Luciano	Brian Higgins	8.0	4.0	11.0	3.0	8.0	(18.0)	15.0	4.0	10.0	7.0	9.0	109.0	91.0
7th	GBR	Owen Bowerman	Morgan Peach	5.0	11.0	18.0	9.0	9.0	(23.0)	13.0	8.0	5.0	10.0	1.0	131.0	108.0
8th	SWE	Emil J?rudd	Fabian Bergman	11.0	3.0	9.0	14.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	18.0	17.0	3.0	11.0	136.0	110.0
9th	ESP	Nil Mas	Jordi Llena	3.0	10.0	(19.0)	5.0	16.0	13.0	16.0	5.0	6.0	8.0	8.0	130.0	111.0
10th	SIN	Elisa Yukie Yokoyama	Samantha Annabelle Neubronner	18.0	2.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	7.0	3.0	17.0	7.0	12.0	22.0	149.0	124.0

 

Results as of 16:59 on July 18, 2014 - SL16

Overall

Sailed: 13, Discards: 1, To count: 12, Entries: 16, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	Helm Name	Crew Name	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Total	Nett
1st	FRA	Louis Flament	Charles Dorange	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(17.0 OCS)	1.0	1.0	9.0	3.0	1.0	47.0	30.0
2nd	ESP	Jordi Booth Ferrando	Ruben Booth Ferrando	1.0	2.0	7.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	42.0
3rd	BRA	Kim Vidal	Ant?nio Lopes	7.0	7.0	5.0	8.0	(17.0 OCS)	7.0	9.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	79.0	62.0
4th	USA	Ravi Parent	Nicholas Schultz	(12.0)	4.0	2.0	10.0	6.0	9.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	6.0	79.0	67.0
5th	NZL	Micah Wilkinson	Jack Rogers	13.0	8.0	(14.0)	11.0	5.0	6.0	4.0	8.0	10.0	3.0	91.0	77.0
6th	HUN	Fl?ra Vir?g	Bal?zs Gecse	2.0	11.0	6.0	4.0	10.0	5.0	5.0	7.0	2.0	7.0	91.0	80.0
7th	CYP	Onisiphoros Neophytou	Nikolas Protopapas	4.0	6.0	9.0	3.0	2.0	10.0	(13.0)	6.0	11.0	10.0	101.0	88.0
8th	AUS	Michelle Bursa	Chelsea Haynes	11.0	5.0	11.0	9.0	11.0	2.0	(12.0)	1.0	12.0	11.0	101.0	89.0
9th	SIN	Ryan Teo	Joshua Matthew Lim	5.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	4.0	11.0	2.0	12.0	4.0	15.0	108.0	93.0
10th	RSA	Brandon Wijtenburg	Todd Fisher	9.0	10.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	13.0	8.5 RDG	9.0	109.5	96.5

 

Results as of 15:18 on July 18, 2014 - Laser (Boys)

Overall

Sailed: 9, Discards: 1, To count: 8, Entries: 57, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	HelmName	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Total	Nett
1st	ESP	Joel Rodriguez Perez	7.0	7.0	12.0	1.0	3.0	(20.0)	2.0	3.0	4.0	59.0	39.0
2nd	IRL	Seafra Guilfoyle	1.0	5.0	2.0	6.0	5.0	(17.0)	7.0	16.0	1.0	60.0	43.0
3rd	SIN	Ryan Lo	4.0	8.0	5.0	5.0	7.0	15.0	1.0	6.0	(19.0)	70.0	51.0
4th	BRA	Martin Lowy	9.0	1.0	13.0	4.0	(58.0 UFD)	2.0	21.0	9.0	3.0	120.0	62.0
5th	AUS	Alistair Young	5.0	12.0	20.0	7.0	8.0	(37.0)	6.0	5.0	24.0	124.0	87.0
6th	DEN	Patrick Dieter Bech D?pping	3.0	3.0	8.0	21.0	(58.0 UFD)	29.0	8.0	12.0	5.0	147.0	89.0
7th	HUN	Jonatan Vadnai	6.0	26.0	22.0	8.0	19.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	(58.0 DNC)	151.0	93.0
8th	NZL	Trent Rippey	(23.0)	17.0	23.0	18.0	11.0	16.0	5.0	8.0	9.0	130.0	107.0
9th	NED	Benjamin Wemp	16.0	18.0	18.0	12.0	(24.0)	11.0	4.0	17.0	12.0	132.0	108.0
10th	SUI	Max H?nssler	13.0	28.0	41.0	9.0	2.0	3.0	16.0	(58.0 BFD)	2.0	172.0	114.0

 

Results as of 14:45 on July 18, 2014 - Laser (Girls)

Overall

Sailed: 9, Discards: 1, To count: 8, Entries: 46, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	HelmName	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Total	Nett
1st	ESP	Martina Reino Cacho	12.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	9.0	(17.0)	1.0	56.0	39.0
2nd	USA	Haddon Hughes	1.0	2.0	18.0	2.0	9.0	12.0	(25.0)	1.0	5.0	75.0	50.0
3rd	FIN	Monika Mikkola	8.0	1.0	13.0	3.0	2.0	(15.0)	8.0	12.0	3.0	65.0	50.0
4th	SUI	Maud Jayet	2.0	6.0	17.0	(47.0 RET)	3.0	9.0	3.0	6.0	8.0	101.0	54.0
5th	BEL	Ma?t? Carlier	15.0	3.0	11.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	4.0	4.0	(28.0)	107.0	79.0
6th	ITA	Valentina Balbi	3.0	17.0	3.0	5.0	20.0	(30.0)	26.0	8.0	2.0	114.0	84.0
7th	GER	Julia Kuhn	10.0	18.0	2.0	12.0	21.0	11.0	1.0	10.0	(29.0)	114.0	85.0
8th	AUS	Anna Philip	23.0	16.0	4.0	13.0	4.0	22.0	(29.0)	11.0	6.0	128.0	99.0
9th	POL	Magdalena Kwa?na	17.0	10.0	21.0	4.0	17.0	(23.0)	20.0	3.0	9.0	124.0	101.0
10th	URU	Dolores Moreira	14.0	14.0	14.0	16.0	(31.0)	10.0	7.0	15.0	15.0	136.0	105.0

 

Results as of 15:33 on July 18, 2014 - RSX (Boys)

Overall

Sailed: 12, Discards: 1, To count: 11, Entries: 32, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	HelmName	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Total	Nett
1st	ISR	Yael Paz	2.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	(6.0)	2.0	3.0	2.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	33.0	27.0
2nd	ITA	Mattia Camboni	4.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	(33.0 UFD)	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	61.0	28.0
3rd	POL	Radoslaw Furmanski	5.0	4.0	2.0	7.0	3.0	3.0	(33.0 UFD)	2.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	3.0	77.0	44.0
4th	RUS	Evgenii Aivazian	1.0	2.0	(18.0)	3.0	5.0	7.0	1.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	8.0	64.0	46.0
5th	ESP	Antonio Bonet Macias	13.0	10.0	5.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	(33.0 UFD)	8.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	13.0	109.0	76.0
6th	BLR	Mikita Tsirkun	(19.0)	7.0	8.0	4.0	7.0	10.0	4.0	10.0	15.0	3.0	5.0	6.0	98.0	79.0
7th	FRA	Adrien Mestre	6.0	9.0	(11.0)	11.0	9.0	8.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	9.0	6.0	5.0	91.0	80.0
8th	MEX	Juan Varela	9.0	12.0	13.0	5.0	6.0	4.0	3.0	9.0	6.0	2.0	14.0	(27.0)	110.0	83.0
9th	USA	Pedro Pascual	7.0	8.0	7.0	16.0	12.0	(19.0)	9.0	5.0	5.0	12.0	7.0	11.0	118.0	99.0
10th	KOR	Son Jiwon	3.0	6.0	3.0	12.0	11.0	14.0	(18.0)	7.0	13.0	10.0	9.0	12.0	118.0	100.0

 

Results as of 15:30 on July 18, 2014 - RSX (Girls)

Overall

Sailed: 12, Discards: 1, To count: 11, Entries: 21, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Country	HelmName	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Total	Nett
1st	RUS	Stefaniya Elfutina	4.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	3.0	(5.0)	1.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	32.0	27.0
2nd	CHN	Shi Hongmei	2.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	(7.0)	36.0	29.0
3rd	ITA	Marta Maggetti	1.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	42.0	33.0
4th	ESP	Pilar Lamadrid	6.0	5.0	3.0	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	(8.0)	8.0	3.0	56.0	48.0
5th	GBR	Imogen Sills	8.0	6.0	7.0	(9.0)	9.0	4.0	7.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	66.0	57.0
6th	FRA	Berenice Mege	(11.0)	4.0	6.0	5.0	8.0	6.0	5.0	4.0	6.0	5.0	69.0	58.0
7th	ISR	Heller Hadar	3.0	(22.0 DSQ)	22.0 DSQ	2.0	6.0	7.0	10.0	7.0	1.0	10.0	100.0	78.0
8th	HKG	Ma Kwan Ching	5.0	10.0	10.0	12.0	(22.0 UFD)	10.0	8.0	3.0	9.0	12.0	115.0	93.0
9th	NED	Sara Wennekes	10.0	9.0	(13.0)	13.0	10.0	8.0	6.0	9.0	10.0	6.0	110.0	97.0
10th	SWE	Andrea Holm	(14.0)	7.0	9.0	6.0	5.0	9.0	9.0	11.0	12.0	13.0	118.0	104.0

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