NEWSROUND International turnout for Mumbai International Match Race
TOP match racers from around the globe will head to India in October for the Grade 2 Mumbai International Match Race. The event, now in its fifth year, is expected to draw sailing talent from around ten countries when it hits the waters of Chowpatty. New Zealand’s Laurie Jury took the top spot last year ahead of Enrique Haddad from Brazil and local Indian match racer Mahesh Ramachandran.
www.mrai.in
All eyes down under for Antipodean action
It’s all about the Antipodean action in the next few months as Match Racing 360°’s attention turns to Australia and New Zealand. First up the world’s top women match racers will face off in the Olympic Elliott 6m class at Sail Melbourne International Regatta held from November 6 to 12. The likes of world number one France’s Claire Leroy, star GB racer Lucy Macgregor, American racer Anna Tunnicliffe and Russia’s Ekaterina Skudina will be there, looking to get one over on their rivals ahead of next year’s London 2012 Olympic Games. Then it’s a quick hop across the Tasman Sea to Auckland for the New Zealand Match Racing Championships from November
16 to 20 before heading back to Australia for the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championships in Sydney from November 26 to 30. More racing courtesy of the ladies wraps up the action down under with the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth from December 3 to 18.
Finns dominate women’s match racing at Olympic test event
Silja Lehtinen’s Finnish women’s match racing team took the gold medal at the Olympic test event in Weymouth. Lehtinen saw off Russia’s Ekaterina Skudina to take the title 3-2 in a thrilling finale. World number one Claire Leroy went out in the quarter finals to Skudina.
www.sailing.org/london2012/2011-test-event.php
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