49er Europeans and and 29er Worlds awarded to Denmark in 2013

1:28 PM Thu 23 Sep 2010 GMT

'49er European Championships and 29er World Championship awarded to Denmark in 2013' Thomas Capitani

Hosting the 2013 49er European Championship has just been awarded to Sailing Aarhus in Denmark, together with the 29er World Championship and 29erXX World Cup. The Olympic 49er is known as a spectacular and dramatic boat, as demonstrated at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing when Danes, Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp, succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal after a number of nerve-racking races and a legal sequel that all sailing fans well remember. Olympic Gold Medallist, Jonas Warrer believes in homeground advantage 'It is really fantastic to see all the great international events that Sailing Aarhus has been ...

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by Thomas Capitani