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Chile Wins 420 South American Championships

15
Oct 2013

A phenomenal win for Chile’s Nadja Horwitz/Carmina Malsch who won the 420 South American Championships, taking place as part of the Semana de Buenos Aires 2013, with a 17 point margin over Tiago Brito/Andrei Kneipp from Brazil.

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Nadja Horwitz/Carmina Malsch seal win by 17 points

Raced over two weekends, 5-6 October and 12-13 October, the 420 South American Championships were contested by 32 teams from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Horwitz/Malsch had struggled to find consistency over the first weekend of racing with some up and down scores positioning them in third overall after 6 races, and just 2 points off the series leaders Agustin ROMERO/Felipe DINIZ, with this year’s 420 Boys ISAF Youth Sailing World Champions Brito/Kneipp in second.

But this second weekend, the race track belonged to the girls as they racked up multiple wins to extend their lead and seal victory with a significant 17 point margin over Brito/Kneipp. Strong winds and big waves on Saturday’s racing only pushed the partnership forwards with three second places, before they upped their game even further on Sunday to claim a hat track of wins.

Moving up to claim third overall were Christian Duhalde/Brian Zon from Argentina.

Pos Sail # Crew Nation Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12
1 54622 Nadja Horwitz/Carmina Malsch CHI 20 4 4 -5 -8 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2 52523 Tiago Brito/Andrei Kneipp BRA 37 (33\BFD) 1 2 (33\RET) 1 3 1 1 10 8 4 6
3 52654 Christian Duhalde/Brian Zon ARG 61 3 6 4 2 -17 10 (33\DNS) 9 6 4 5 12
4 52042 Mariano Victory/Matías Maffei ARG 66 9 7 3 1 11 9 6 -14 11 5 (33\DSQ) 4
5 50796 María Vazquez/Gonzalo Nandin ARG 70 1 12 8 15 (33\OCS) 13 -16 8 4 3 3 3
6 52534 Andrés Ducasse/Francisco Ducasse CHI 70 17 3 7 6 4 6 5 4 7 11 -30 (33\DNS)
7 54245 Agustín Romero/Felipe Diniz ARG 79 6 5 1 3 3 2 (33\DNS) (33\DNS) 33\DNS 22 2 2
8 54358 Daniel Lombardi/Gabriel Tolentino BRA 83 2 -21 19 13 (33\RET) 5 10 5 3 12 9 5
9 54240 Franco Bilik/Santiago Fischer ARG 93 12 8 11 7 -14 11 8 6 (33\DNS) 2 14 14
10 54839 Martín Cloos/Guido Colombo ARG 101 7 -25 6 9 (33\DNS) 7 19 11 9 14 12 7

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Horwitz has enjoyed another phenomenal year, as she has switched between 420 and 470 racing, all part of her campaign towards Rio 2016. Last year, Horwitz secured the silver medal at the 420 World Championships, with then crew Sofia Middleton, following up with a 4th place at this year’s 420 Worlds with Malsch. Before the 420 Worlds, the pair claimed a silver medal at the Sail First ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Cyprus. In the 470, Horwitz partnered up with former Olympian and now her coach Consuelo Monsegur and finished 29th at the 470 Europeans in Italy, and then jumped into a 470 with Bregona Gumucio at the 470 Worlds, finishing in 36th.

To wrap up her 420 season with Malsch by winning the 420 South Americans is a fantastic climax to a great year.

The International 420 Class ran a 420 South American Development Clinic between the two weekends of the 420 South Americans, led by 420 appointed coach Nickos Drougkas.

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