Open Europeans 2011 - New Women's Match Racing champion

8:21 PM Sun 3 Jul 2011 GMT

'Women&rsquo;s Match Racing - Open Europeans Helsinki 2011' Tani Simberg

Open Europeans Helsinki 2011 which began back on the 30th June in Finland, have now crowned a champion in Women's Match Racing. Spanish Tamara Echegoyen and her team are the new European Champions of Women's Match Racing. Echegoyen, Angela Pumariega and Sofia Toro took the gold medal in Sunday's final in Helsinki, ahead of Russia's Ekaterina Skudina and her crew (Elena Oblova, Elena Syuzeva). The conditions at Hernesaari were challenging due to a fickle wind. Early into the day the wind completely died near the shore, which is why the start of Match Racing had to be pushed back until ...

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by Kurt L?nnqvist