Two medals were the report of Greek sailors in World ILCA 4 Youth Championship completed in Los Angeles.
THE Constantine Portosalte He won the gold medal in the overall ranking of 140 athletes from 31 countries and Stefanos Samaras the bronze in the U16 category.
Porcalte had a steady course from the beginning to the end of the race. There were 12 races, six for the qualifying phase and another 6 for the final. His positions were 2, 10, 1, 1, 1, 2, 71 (removed as his worst), 2, 4, 4, 9 and 10 respectively. He gathered 46 degrees of sentence and went up to the highest step of the podium.
A month ago, Porcalte had won the silver medal at the Poland’s European Championships. The gold was taken by Emmanuel Anastasios Bombilla, who in Los Angeles was excellent and finished in 4th place with 85 points.
Samaras ranked 7th in the General and third in the U16 category with 92 points. Three Greeks, that is, were in the first 7 boats in the world!
The girls made a wonderful appearance. Eleni Alchaatis took the 5th place with 94 points between 100 vessels from 33 countries, Francis Kosma was 9th with 117b. and Nefeli Podiadis 13th with 144, 3.
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