Oman- Laser Radial World Chionship: Anne Marie Rindom makes a splash
Date
11/29/2015 6:23:35 AM
The Laser Radial Women's World Championship concluded on Thursday with Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark securing the overall title in style at the Musannah Sports City.
The 24 year old Scandinavian sailor managed to stay cool on a somewhat frustrating day dominated by general recalls to pip Marit Bouwmeester of The Netherlands. They both finished the day on equal points but two first places in the overall rankings was enough to break the tie in Rindom's favour. Fresh from victory at the Semaine Olympique Francaise La Rochelle in October and having won at the Laser Europa Cup in Denmark last summer Rindom had been in top form right from the start of theMusannah event.
Rindom (centre) celebrates on the podium during the awards ceremony on Thursday
The former Optimist sailor who won the first race and sailed a generally consistent series had to discard a 19th place from the last day's action. Rindom said 'It is an amazing feeling to be confirmed world champion. I can hardly believe it. Thankfully I was able to discard the poor result in the end.' There isn't much time to rest for the new world champion. 'I will spend a week at home then I am off to Rio de Janeiro for training followed by Miami for the next World Cup.' Light shifty conditions and sailors eager to start resulted in a succession of general recalls in both the gold and silver fleets. The gold fleet managed one race before the 3pm time limit and silver was unable to start at all. Bouwmeester the 2014 world champion and 2012 Olympic silver medallist was naturally disappointed about losing her title but a fourth place in the race was enough to retain silver. Belgium's Evi van Acker ranked No 1 in the world also had a less than satisfactory day. 'It was a frustrating day for me. Overall though it's been a great week of sailing with a real mix of conditions which is perfect for this sort of regatta' she said. As well as Rindom's success of being crowned world champion the star of the show in final day's sole race was reigning Olympic champion Lijia Xu of China. The 28 year old sailor who has been off the racing scene for two years with back and knee injury demonstrated her light wind skills by winning the final race. After the day's action the prize giving and closing ceremonies took place at the venue in the presence of H H Dr Muna al Said the assistant vice chancellor of international cooperation at Sultan Qaboos University and H E Maitha al Mahrouqi the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Tourism and the chairwoman of Oman Sail. Also present was David Graham Oman Sail's CEO. Also a total of four countries got their 2016 Olympic qualification confirmed at the meet namely Japan Australia Turkey Argentina. Standings (top 10): 1 Anne-Marie Rindom (Denmark) 2 Marit Bouwmeester (Netherlands) 3 Evi van Acker (Belgium) 4 Tuula Tenkanen (Finland) 5 Josefin Olsson (Sweden) 6 Lijia Xu (China) 7 Alison Young (UK) 8 Manami Doi (Japan) 9 Maxime Jonker (Netherlands) 10 Erika Reineke (US).
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