The official event website has been launched for the 2013 Finn Gold Cup to be held in Tallinn, Estonia from August 23-31: www.finngoldcup.org/2013 The Finn Gold Cup will be the fourth world championship for an
Olympic sport hosted in Estonia. The Finn class previously sailed its
very
successful 1994 Gold Cup at Pärnu, and the event website includes a
video of that event, together with an interview with the winner, a very
young
Fredrik Lööf (SWE), who of course captured the Star Gold medal at last
year’s Olympic Games. Ants Väinsalu (EST) is the chairman of Finn Gold Cup 2013 local organising committee.
“The
best conditions for sailing on Tallinn
Bay are June and August when there is plenty of wind. In June 2010, when
we hosted the Laser Standard and Laser Radial European Championships
and
Trophy in Pirita, we saw that it was still quite cold for many sailors.
So for the Finn Gold Cup we chose the last week of August instead.
Pirita
usually has excellent sailing conditions that time of year, with very
low risk of no wind, storms or other extremes.”
Hosting the Finn Gold Cup is a remarkable event in the history of
Estonian sports. It is only the fourth occasion that this small northern
European
nation has organised a world championship for an Olympic sport,
following the 1922 weightlifting world championships, the 1988 Tornado
world
championships and the 1994 Finn Gold Cup.
Estonia has strong traditions in Finn sailing. Aleksander Tsutselov
from Tallinn won the Olympic silver medal in Rome 1960. Today, Deniss
Karpak
(EST) is the leading Estonian Finn sailor and a former world number one.
Also in the world top 50 is Lauri Väinsalu (EST). Both are looking
forward to competing on home waters.
Karpak said, “The Finn Gold Cup taking place in Tallinn has very high significance to every Finn sailor in Estonia and to Estonian
sailing in general. We are a very small country and to host such a major event in world sailing – it makes me proud to be
Estonian.”
Karpak, bronze medallist in the Laser Standard World Championships
2007 in Cascais, transferred to Finn class after the 2008 Olympics.
After a
successful 2012 season he finished 11th at the 2012 Olympics. He feels
happy about his prospects at the Finn Gold Cup in his home town.
“In 2010 when the Laser Standard Europeans were held in Tallinn, I
could not compete as I was already a Finn sailor. 2013 is going to be
my turn. I hope it is going to be a good competition with great winds
and sunshine. It is going to be more difficult to compete at home as
expectations are even higher than usual but I am determined to do a good
job.”
The Finn Gold Cup 2013 is being organised by Estonian Finn Class
Association in cooperation with Estonian Yachting Union and ESS Kalev
Yacht Club.
The racing will be held at the Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre at
Pirita, originally built for the 1980 Olympic event, which provides an
excellent
sailing infrastructure with comfortable conditions for competing as well
as recreation. All courses are within 15 minutes of the shore. The
regatta
headquarters provide excellent facilities to cater to the needs of
sailors, coaches, support teams and media.
The Notice of Race will be published soon. Check out the website and the 1994 video at:
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