Saskia Sills [GBR] went into the medal race with a narrow 4 point
lead. She had to finish in the top 3 to secure her second world
championship title for 2012. Considering her form all week and her
coolness under pressure, expectations were high. She finished 4th. Game
over. The chasing Neomi Cohen [ISR] was not going to let such an
opportunity pass. She pressed home her late charge for the title and
took the medal race gun and in so doing snatched the title at the last
gasp. Saskia has exploded on to the RS:X Youth Racing scene this
year. She won the RS:X Youth European Windsurfing Championships in
Tallinn, Estonia. Then jumped a plane to Dun Laoghaire, Ireland for the
ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships. She won that two. To cap a
sparkling season she has also been nominated for the Rolex ISAF World
Sailor of the Year Award too.
So I asked her if she was disappointed with her silver medal here in Penghu...
"No" she said with a big smile on her face " I have won a silver medal. That is a good result"
And
she is right it is a great finish to a tremendous first season at
this level. Oh, and she has actually picked up a gold medal too because
believe it or not, she is still under 17 years of age so she is the 2012
Penghu RS:X U17 Class Windsurfing Champion too
Jeanne Dantes
[FRA] takes home the bronze medal having finished 10th in the medal race
which included 4 U17 racers. 2 from Israel and 2 from Great Britain.
Well done to them...
Thanks
must also go to Neil Pryde Windsurfing for providing the charter
equipment free of charge. Without this generous support and stalwart
service provided by this legendary company Olympic windsurfing would not
now be in more than 60 countries worldwide.
Attention now
switches back to Ireland, this time for the ISAF Conference and General
Assembly. The whole of Asia and small sailing nations round the world
have high hopes that Council will chose to do the right thing and
re-open the discussion on the 'boards' events and vote to reinstate
windsurfing and the RS:X for RIO 2016.
Ladies and Gentlemen... It's time to take action. It is time to do the right thing. It's time to vote windsurfing...
1. Neomi Cohen [ISR] - 43
2. Saskia Sills [GBR] - 45 (U17)
3. Jeanne Dantes [FRA] - 61
4. Anastasiya Valkevich [BLR] - 63
5. Shahar Tibi [ISR] - 64 (U17)
2012 Penghu RS:X U17 Class Windsurfing Championships
1. Saskia Sills [GBR] - 45
2. Shahar Tibi [ISR] - 64
3. Imogen Sills [GBR] - 78
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