Nickyc707 310 Posted August 20, 2023 #161 Share Posted August 20, 2023 17 hours ago, phelps said: so, being Today a very sad day for me personally and a disastrous day for the Italian sport, we ended up with the minimum result (the men's windsurf bronze medal, already guaranteed since a couple of days) in terms of medals on the other hand, we really can't complain for the 7 OQPs, which is more or less the number we expected with good optimism before the championship started so, great tournament on average, just missing something at the top hopefully, we'll get next year in Marseille what the bad luck took off from us this week Take the consolation that quotas are more important than medals in 2023. 2024 is for medals. phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 310 Posted August 20, 2023 #162 Share Posted August 20, 2023 17 hours ago, phelps said: my 2 cents on Kitesurfing... it might be fun to watch (for somebody, not for me), but it has nothing to do with sailing...it shouldn't be part of the Olympic schedule on the other hand, it must be noticed how Shahar Tibi just 2 years ago was competing in the women's Dinghy (470) in Tokyo and now she's the new World Championship on the board (iQFoiL Windsurfing) that's really amazing, one of the most memorable sporting efforts of the last decade for sure Reminded me of this guy who competed in basketball at the 1964 Games and then by 1976 in Montreal had switched to sailing. Not too many obvious links between these two sports. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/András_Haán phelps and Josh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,951 Posted August 20, 2023 #163 Share Posted August 20, 2023 men's Dinghy (ILCA 7) Gold: Matt Wearn Silver: Michael Beckett Bronze: George Gautrey Full Result https://worlds2023.sapsailing.com/gwt/Home.html#/regatta/leaderboard/:eventId=03b11a50-8446-43e9-878c-6cb60dc75715®attaId=Worlds 2023 - Men's Dinghy Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,951 Posted August 20, 2023 #164 Share Posted August 20, 2023 very weak wind today... it was just painful watching those boats struggling so much to sail at an at least acceptable speed they were just at the limit of the rulebook Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,951 Posted August 20, 2023 #165 Share Posted August 20, 2023 women's Dinghy (ILCA 6) Gold: Maria Erdi Silver: Maud Jayet Bronze: Anne-Marie Rindom Full Result https://worlds2023.sapsailing.com/gwt/Home.html#/regatta/leaderboard/:eventId=03b11a50-8446-43e9-878c-6cb60dc75715®attaId=Worlds 2023 - Women's Dinghy Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,951 Posted August 20, 2023 #166 Share Posted August 20, 2023 a capital mistake cost the gold medal, with coming back from hell and making up good 8 points from the Swiss girl in the medal race, so to overtake her in the final overall standings the best, closest and most exciting medal race of the championship just at the end, despite the very difficult weather (almost no wind) Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted August 20, 2023 #167 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Wow, I completely missed this. World champion Mária Érdi! Another unexpected gold medal for us at the WChs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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