August 31 –September 11, 2009
Weymouth, UK
It has been a long time coming. The last Olympic windsurfing world champion from Great Britain was Barry Edgington. That was back in 1992. Barry just happens to be Nick Dempsey’s [GBR1] coach. Nick is the 2009 RS:X Windsurfing World Champion. An emphatic win. The final scoreboard shows Nick a full 18 points clear of second placed Nimrod Mashiah [ISR21].
Nick’s jibes were faultless. An armada of press and TV were waiting for a British World Champion. Barry’s reign as the sole British Olympic Windsurfing World Champion is finally over. He is happy that his protégé is the man to do it.
Over in the women’s medal race, Bryony Shaw (GBR) came out of the right side a clear leader. Marine Rambaud [FRA50] was in second and Flavia Tartaglini [ITA46] was third.
This has been a great championship. For once the god of wind has been co-operative in terms of windspeed but has thrown a variety of directions at us to keep us interested.
Nick Dempsey [GBR1] has bounced back from his 4th place in Quing Dao. A result that must have been a major disappointment to say the least. He has been threatening to take hold of a major championship by the scruff of the kneck for a while. He now stands alone at the very top of the sport. Finally he has done it and in the process demonstrated that he will not be denied on his home waters in 2012.
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Official RS:X Website: http://www.rsxclass.com/
