Anna Östling från Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap har tagit sig till semifinal vid WIM Series och VM i matchracing för damer i USA.
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Anna Östling har med besättningen Annie och Linnea Wennergren gått vidare till semifinal i WIM Series och VM i matchracing för damer i Sheboygan, USA. Foto: Niklas Axhede/WIM Series.
– Vi gav bort den första kvartsfinalmatchen när spinnakern hamnade under båten i en rundning, men sedan hittade vi det rätta trycket och kunde vinna tre raka matcher som tog oss till semi, berättar den svenska skepparen, som seglar med systrarna Annie och Linnea Wennergren ombord.
Anna Östling och hennes lag har haft en formidabel seglingssäsong hittills, med segrar i den internationella seglingsserien WIM Series både i Helsingfors och på hemmavattnen i Lysekil. Framgångarna har placerat henne och besättningen både i toppen av världsrankingen och högst upp i tabellen för WIM Series efter två av årets fem deltävlingar. Nu är Team Anna i Sheboygan i USA och seglar den tredje deltävlingen, som dessutom har VM-status. Anna Östling tog en VM-titel senast i irländska Cork 2014, och upprepar gärna den bedriften:
– Absolut. Nu kör vi för guld!
Under söndagens seglingar på Lake Michigan får Anna Östling och systrarna Wennergren möta någon av de övriga semifinalisterna; holländskan Renée Groeneveld, regerande WIM Series-mästarinnan Stephanie Roble från USA, eller franska världstrean Anne-Claire Le Berre. Vem det blir bestäms på söndag morgon lokal tid, då grundomgångens segrare Roble har favören att själv få välja motståndarinna. Även finalen avgörs under söndagen.
Anna Östlings klubbkamrat Caroline Sylvan slogs ut i kvartsfinalen av Anne-Claire Le Berre.
Kvartsfinalresultat i den tredje deltävlingen i WIM Series och VM i matchracing för damer, i Sheboygan, USA:
Stephanie Roble, USA – Nicole Breault, USA, 3 – 0
Renée Groeneveld, NED – Pauline Courtois, FRA, 3 – 1
Anna Östling, SWE – Samantha Norman, NZL, 3 – 1
Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA – Caroline Sylvan, SWE, 3 – 1
Resultat i grundomgången (round-robin):
1. Stephanie Roble, USA, 14 – 2
2. Renée Groeneveld, NED, 13 – 3
3. Anna Östling, SWE, 12 – 4
4. Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA, 11 – 5
5. Caroline Sylvan, SWE, 7 – 9
6. Samantha Norman, NZL, 6 – 10
7. Pauline Courtois, FRA, 5 – 11
8. Nicole Breault, USA, 4 – 12
9. Elizabeth Shaw, CAN, 0 – 16
The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast action close to the crowds on shore. The intense racing is just as exciting for the spectators as it is strategically, tactically and physically challenging for the competing crews.
An overall prize purse of 50 000 USD will be distributed by the WIM Series, in addition to the prize money at each of the events included in the 2016 WIM Series (date, event name, location, boat type):
* June 27 – July 1, Helsinki Women’s Match, Helsinki, Finland, J/80.
* August 8 – 13, Lysekil Women’s Match, Lysekil, Sweden, DS 37.
* September 20 – 25, Women’s Match Racing World Championship & Buddy Melges Challenge, Sheboygan, USA, Elliott 6m.
* October 25 – 29, Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race, Busan, South Korea, K30.
* December 1 – 4, Carlos Aguilar Match Race, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, IC 24.
The WIM Series is hosted by WIMRA. Official suppliers are Sailnet, Sebago, MILK, Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan, Adstream, Intertidal Ventures, Fredag and Match Racing Results Service.
Images: A number of hi-res images are available for download on www.wimseries.com/media/
Videos: All videos are available on www.wimseries.com/videos/
More information about the Women’s International Match Racing Series:
WIM Series Press Officer Joakim Hermansson, media@wimseries.com, +46 70 604 25 04
WIM Series Manager Liz Baylis, Liz@wimseries.com, +1 415 691 6202
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The Buddy Melges Challenge has been an ISAF Grade One match racing event in Sheboygan, USA, for a number of years. The event is named after the famous Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, boat builder, and Wisconsinite Buddy Melges, whose contributions to the sport have been long standing. The trophy for the event resides in the Sheboygan Yacht Club, and is a replica of the America’s Cup.
More information about the Buddy Melges Challenge:
Buddy Melges Challenge Press Officer Janet Weyandt, Janet@WeyandtCreative.com, +1 920 980 6894
www.sailsheboygan.org
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The World Sailing Women’s Match Racing World Championship is an annual event that was first held in Genoa, Italy in 1999, after a successful event was held as part of the 1998 ISAF Sailing World Championship in Dubai, UAE. Skippers are invited to attend the Championship based on their World Sailing Match Racing Ranking position. Denmark’s Dorte Jensen is the most successful sailor, having amassed four World Championship titles.
World Sailing Communications Department, marketing@sailing.org, + 44 2380 635 111
http://www.sailing.org/events/womensmatchworlds/index.php
