Young Chinese female sailor Chen Qiubin successfully took the
women's windsurfer RS:X's title in the final day competition of the
International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Sailing Games 2006 in
Austria on Saturday.
20 sailors from different countries qualified for the Medal
Race. Ukraine sailor Olga Maslivets and Spanish sailor Blanca
Manchon respectively took silver and bronze. Another Chinese sailor
Liu Weiming took the seventh place.
After the several days' tough competition, she felt that she was
in shape and confident of winning the gold medal, she told
Xinhua.
China sent 10 sailors to the world sailing games, and attended 4
of 10 disciplines, namely 470 women's Two Person Dinghy, RS:X
women's windsurfer, RS:X men's windsurfer and Laser Radial women's
one person Dinghy.
"Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing provide a rare
opportunity to the development and popularization of the sailing
sport in China. We are confident of breaking through in the Olympic
Games 2008", Chinese team's head coach Jiang Chen showed confidence
to Xinhua.
ISAF World Sailing Games 2006 was over at Lake Neusiedl, a small
city located at the east of Austria, on Saturday. Over 800 sailors
from around the world took part in the competition.
(Xinhua News Agency May 21, 2006)