ISAF Youth Worlds 2011 - 420 sailors going for Gold

4:31 PM Thu 30 Jun 2011 GMT

'Maelenn Lemaitre and Aloise Retornaz from France - Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships 2010' Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean Race &copy

ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships 2011 is to be held in Zadar, Croatia from 7 to 16 July. Tessa Parkinson and Elise Rechichi (AUS) sailed the 420 together at the 2004 ISAF Youth Worlds in Gdynia, Poland winning gold. And four years later the girls picked up gold for Australia at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition in the Women's 470. This year's 420 sailor's will be looking to emulate the Australians by picking up gold in the 420 at the 2011 ISAF Youth Worlds and will certainly have one eye on sailing the Women's 470 at the Rio 2016 ...

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by International Sailing Federation