RS:X Worlds – Nick Dempsey Wins World Title

Nick Dempsey becomes the first man to win two World Titles in Olympic class windsurfing.

On the Womens side Lee El-Korsiz won the title in advance, and Patricia Freitas won the medal race today.

Today was the last day of the RS:X World Champion in Búzios, Brazil. Despite the good weather, the sailors had to wait for almost an hour to do the medal race. It was about 13h (1600GMT) when the race committee started the men’s race.

The British sailor and Olympic Silver Medalist Nick Dempsey was the leader of the competition, nine points ahead the Dutchman Dorian Van Rijsselberge, in second. On the water, sailed there best races, and Dorian could manage better the shifty winds to win the race, but finished second on the championship. Nick was second in the medal race, adding four more points on the overall results, enough to ensure his second world title. It is the inverted podium of the last Olympics when Dorian was gold and Nick silver in his homewaters in Weymouth.

“I’m very happy. The race was really difficult because of the wind and I was a little anxious, but everything was good at the end,” said Nick Dempsey, the first man to secure two world titles in the RS:X board.

On the girls fleet, the Israeli sailor Lee El Korsiz did a great job yesterday, creating a 21 point lead over Maayan Davidovich, ensuring her third world title in a row. Despite that, she sailed the medal race, ending it in 8th. “I’m so happy that I cannot explain my feelings. Brazil has a great energy and it was essential for me to win,” said Lee, the three times RS:X world champion.

Final Results (Top 10)

Men’s Fleet

1. Nick Dempsey, GBR, 30 pontos perdidos

2. Dorian Van Rijsselberge, NED, 37 pp

3. Byron Kokkalanis, GRE, 49 pp

4. Ricardo Winick, BRA, 53 pp

5. Piotr Myszka, POL, 57 pp

6. Nimrod Maschiah, ISR, 59 pp

7. Shahar Zubari, ISR, 77 pp

8. Ivan Pastor, ESP, 78 pp

9. Pierre Le Coq, FRA, 84 pp

10. Louis Giard, FRA, 87 pp

Women’s Fleet:

1. Lee-El Korsiz, ISR, 44 pontos perdidos

2. Bryony Shaw, GBR, 60 pp

3. Maayan Davidovich, ISR, 67 pp

4. Tuuli Petaja-Siren, FIN, 71 pp

5. Charline Picon, FRA, 77 pp

6. Qiaoshan Weng, CHN, 81 pp

7. Blanca Manchon, ESP, 88 pp

8. Patrícia Freitas, BRA98 pp

9. Olha Maslivets, UKR, 100 pp

10. Hayley Chan, HKG, 119 pp