Sunday 31 July 2022 (midnight)
MEDAL ALERT ! Eve wins Gold hat-trick for Ireland !
Eve McMahon has delivered a dream outcome to her 2022 season by retaining her youth world championship title in Houston, Texas tonight after delivering more race wins on the final day of the series.
Competing in the single-handed ILCA6 class (Laser Radial) the Howth Yacht Club sailor has added this second world title to Gold medals at the Youth Sailing World Championships in the Netherlands and the Youth ILCA6 European Championships in Greece.
After weather halted the event schedule on Friday, three races were sailed on Saturday with multiple wins for the Irish sailor who has comprehensively won the championship.
The 18-year old sailor set a pre-season goal of 'three from three' title wins and also managed to sit her Leaving Certificate school exams.
In 30 races across all three events, McMahon finished in the top three places in all but five races, averaging around third place as an indication of impressive consistency.
McMahon opened the qualification round in Texas by laying down an unprecedented set of six straight wins. In the Gold fleet final series, she took podium places that enabled to her to maintain a good lead over her nearest challengers.
Germany's Linda Hendel and Croatia's Tea Peteh both proved tough adversaries as the front-runners in the 50-boat fleet all showed form that didn't give the Irish sailor an easy contest.
“Eve’s determination, resilience and ambition to pull off this incredible triumvirate of major regatta victories is quite outstanding," commented James O'Callaghan, Irish Sailing's Performance Director. “Eve’s Mum, Dad and brothers have been a big part of her success not forgetting the club support and efforts of multiple coaches in the Irish Sailing programme. It’s a day all Irish sailors can be proud of."
A home-coming welcome is planned for Dublin Airport on Monday morning (1 August) for the full Irish team when they return from Texas with coach Liam Glynn with Sophie Kilmartin, Fiachra McDonnell, Rocco Wright, Oisin Hughes and Luke Turvey.
Wright was recently part of Ireland double-Gold victory at the Youth Worlds along with McMahon when - on his first major regatta since leaving the junior Optimist class - he won the male single-handed Youth Sailing World Championship in the ILCA6 class.
Both sailors will have an eye toward the Irish Sailing Senior Squad and their recent performances mark them as future Olympic contenders.
Well done Eve !
Full results here: https://jpvm.org/results/2022/ILCA6_Youth/results.htm
29 July
Two races were completed on the fourth day of the 2022 ILCA 6 Youth World Championship and Eve retains her first place by 11 points.
27 July
Strong midway performances for the Irish sailors at Youth World Championships
It’s half-way point for the Irish Sailing Academy at the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) at the Youth World Championships in Texas, with senior team member Eve McMahon leading the field.
In the ILCA6 (Laser Radials) Youth World Championships in Shoreacres on Galveston Bay in Texas, heading up the field is Eve McMahon in 1st place having won all four races of the regatta so far, followed by Sophie Kilmartin in 27th in a fleet of 50.
In the boy’s fleet, Irish Sailing Academy sailor Fiachra McDonnell currently lies in 3rd place, with teammates Rocco Wright in 14th, Luke Turvey in 54th place, and Oisin Hughes in 66th in a large fleet of 156. The Academy is coached by former Irish Sailing Performance athlete, Liam Glynn.
The fleet is still racing as we post (Wednesday Day 3).
Full results HERE.
Racing continues until Saturday – stay tuned for updates !
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22 July
Good Luck to the Irish Sailing Academy
Good luck to the Irish Sailing Academy who start competing at the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) Youth World Championships in Texas tomorrow, Saturday 23rd July. Racing continues until 30th July.
The Irish Sailing Academy (Sophie Kilmartin, Rocco Wright, Fiachra McDonnell, Luke Turvey and Oisin Hughes) will be joined by senior teammate Eve McMahon and coach Liam Glynn.
You can follow results here: https://2022ilca6youth.ilca-worlds.org/race-results/
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Picture of Rocco Wright in Dun Laoghaire – pic by Rachel Fallon Langdon