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Booth / Dercksen aiming at gold at Tornado Worlds
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| Tornado World Championship 2002 - EDS Sailing Team - Booth / Dercksen aiming at gold at Tornado Worlds |
| AMSTERDAM-(19-9-2002) EDS Sailing Team with Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen from the Netherlands
is aiming at gold at the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championships. As
off Monday 23 until Saturday 28 September 2002, all best Tornado sailors of
the world will meet each other at Martha's Vineyard seven miles off the
coast of Cape Cod. The Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championship is the
first Tornado Qualifiying Event for the 2004 Olympic Games, as countries
must now compete to win a limited number of slots to the Olympic Regatta.
The top five of the final results qualifies its country.
In order to prepare itself for the Tornado Worlds, EDS Sailing Team
practiced off the coast of Massachusetts during the last two weeks. Herbert:
`Gold is our mission! The competition is strong, so we leave nothing to
chance. We used the last two weeks to optimize the equipment, for training
and to concentrate completely on the event. After silver at the Europeans,
we are very eager to win gold at the Worlds.`
The most important rivals of the EDS Sailing Team are the present World
Champions Bundock/Forbes from Australia and the silver medallists
Hagara/Steinacher from Austria. Hagara won gold in Sydney where Bundock won
silver. Together with Booth, Forbes won silver in Atlanta. In other words,
these teams know each other very well and they have competed for Olympic
gold for many years. In addition, the present European Champions
Backes/Voiron from France have to be considered as strong competitors as
well.
Fifty-five teams from twenty countries and five continents have subscribed
for the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championships so far. The first
race will start on Monday 23 September 2002 and the last race will be sailed
on Saturday 28 September. Thursday 26 September is a reserve day. The
championship exists of ten races.
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Source: Trefpunt - EDS Sailing Team Press |
