Optimist European Championship (Bourgas) – Documentary
by Icarus Sports on 4 Sep 2017
2017 Optimist European Championship - Day 4 Alen Photography
Relive the 2017 Optimist European Championship which took place in Bourgas from the 30th of July until the sixth of August 2017. 261 sailors from 44 countries had five days of excellent racing. Competition was fierce in all of the fleets and every sailor is congratulated on their performance.
Stefan Yuill (SRB) finished the final day with a second and 18th (his drop race) to hold on to his first place overall position in the Gold Fleet. As he was also the top European competitor, he has been crowned the 2017 Optimist Boy European Champion.
Igor Kuczys (POL) stuck close to Yuill as he had finishes of third and 16th in both final races to finish second overall and the second European. Eight points behind Kuczys, third overall and third European was Iakovos-Dimitrios Dedes-Ntentopoulos (GRE) who had 15th and seventh place finishes on the final day for a total of 50 points.
In the Girls Gold Fleet, Donna Mazzucchelli (ARG) dominated the first place podium spot all week long and ended up 26 points ahead of the second place sailor India-Page Wood (GBR) to give her the Overall Girl Champion at the event. As she is from Argentina, she could not be crowned the 2017 Optimist European Champion. That honour went to India-Page Wood from Great Britain. She sailed consistently on the final day to finish with a fifth and sixth place in the last two races to put her 24 points ahead of third place overall and second European Natascha Rast (SUI). Natascha was tied in points with Johanna Schmidt (AUT) who finished fourth overall and but ended up on the podium as the third place.
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