Singapore sailors Bryan Lee, Kimberly Lim, Ryan Lo, Andrew Tang and Elisa Yukie Yokoyama, today have set a record in the world of junior sailing by winning a fourth straight medal in the team racing event at the IODA Optimist World Sailing Championship, a feat never achieved before by any country.
The seven Youth Worlds titles went to seven nations as Australia, France, Great Britain and Singapore join Brazil, Hong Kong and New Zealand as gold medal winners on the final day of the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Buzios, Brazil.
The local sailors have put Singapore in seventh place for the Volvo Trophy, an improvement from the 10th-placed finish in 2006.
Elizabeth Yin is in the lead in the girls' Laser fleet category after adjusting well to the light and shifty wind conditions in the Bay of Buzios.
“What’s best for him is to let him be independent." You wouldn’t often hear that from your dad if you are only a tender 13 or 14 years young. But Calvin Choy, the father of Asian Youth Games sailing gold medalist Darren, is one who thinks that his son would mature with paramount freedom.
Singapore collected medals from three out of four events at the Asian Youth Games sailing competition. They bagged a gold, silver and bronze each from Darren Choy, Najwa Jumali and Audrey Yong respectively.
The gloomy skies that overlooked the waters off East Coast were certainly not an obstacle for Darren Choy and Najwa Jumali as they scooped up the top spot in their respective groups of the Byte CII category in Day 5 of the Asian Youth Games Sailing competition.
Singapore’s Darren Choy took a comfortable lead at the top of the fleet in the Byte CII category with two composed wins. He will be gold-bound as long as he continues his fine form in the last two races.