The defending champion at the nationals will be Rio 2016 Olympian Jake Lilley (top photo).
“We've had a fantastic beginning to the Summer of Sailing so far and each event is growing and getting more competitive. Of all the classes, the Finn has had the strongest showing of both talent and numbers in every major Australian regatta this year. So it's fantastic. The Finn is really healthy in Australia.”
In fact the fleet at Sail Melbourne contained 14 visitors from overseas, including the 2018 European Champion Ed Wright, from Britain, the 2018 Tokyo World Cup winner, Nicholas Heiner, from The Netherlands, and the 2016 Olympic champion, Giles Scott, from Britain. Most of the top sailors are staying on for the Nationals at Black Rock.
At Sail Melbourne, World No 1. Heiner took the win from Lilley, with Andy Maloney, from New Zealand, in third. Just before Sail Melbourne, Heiner also took a close win at Sail Sydney from Josh Junior, from New Zealand and Wright.
Heiner commented on his training in Australia.
“It’s really been a good period so far in Australia. We came down here first to Sydney, where we had two camps. One was training and one was Sail Sydney. And then on to Melbourne for Sail Melbourne and the nationals, so a big block in Australia.”
“We chose to come down here because we thought the Sydney Heads looked a lot like Japan in a way. So for sure that’s one of the reasons we came here, and besides that inMelbourne we got great competition, with a great fleet of top guys. Looking forward to coming to Black Rock for the Nationals.” |
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