ISAF Youth Sailing Worlds 2011 - RS:X girls fleet hotly contested

4:46 PM Fri 1 Jul 2011 GMT

'RS:X Girls Action from the 2010 ISAF Youth Worlds' Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean Race &copy

ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships 2011 is to be held in Zadar, Croatia from 7 to 16 July. The 21 strong RS:X girls fleet will be hotly contested at the ISAF Youth Worlds as rivalries from the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games are renewed. The top four Techno 293 finishers from the Youth Olympic Games will sail against each other in Zadar. Gold medallist Siripon Kaewduang-Ngam (THA), silver medallist Veronica Fanciulli (ITA), bronze medallist Audrey Yong (SIN) and Naomi Cohen (ISR) will all be sailing at their first ISAF Youth Worlds. But having large event experience the girls will certainly ...

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by International Sailing Federation