US Sailing

Like a 4th of July fireworks show finale, the month of October will serve as a grand conclusion for the 2022 Olympic sailing circuit, with four World Championships happening over the course of the month. From Italy to Texas, France to Israel, athletes from the US Sailing Team and Olympic Development Program are putting the pedal to the metal to finish off the year’s international racing calendar. 

Read below for brief overviews of each of the four upcoming World Championships, and subscribe to our mailing list to get updates throughout the month of October. 

Formula Kite World Championships 

Poetto, Italy | Racing October 11-16 | Event Website 

On the water for the US Sailing Team and Olympic Development Program:

• • • Markus Edegran, US Sailing Team 
    • Daniela Moroz, US Sailing Team 
    • Evan Heffernan, Olympic Development Program 
    • Kirstyn O’Brien, Olympic Development Program 
    • Noah Runciman, Olympic Development Program 

All eyes are on Daniela Moroz, who has held the World Champion title for the last five years. But with Formula Kite now an Olympic discipline, the competitive landscape has changed since her first victory in 2016. The French and British kiters have proven fierce competitors, looking to chase Moroz’s success. 

The Formula Kite fleet is hot off the European Championship in Nafpaktos, Greece where US Sailing Team athlete Markus Edegran posted his first top-10 finish in an international event . Earlier this year, Edegran secured his first international podium in Lake Garda, Italy, and has continued the upward trajectory ever since. 

ILCA 6 World Championship 

Kemah, Texas | Racing October 11-16 | Event Website 

On the water for the US Sailing Team and Olympic Development Program: 

• • • Charlotte Rose, US Sailing Team 
    • Christina Sakellaris, Olympic Development Program 

It’s back to familiar territory for US Sailing Team athlete Charlotte Rose at the ILCA 6 World Championship. Originally intended to be raced in Qingdao, China, the event was moved to Texas due to COVID restrictions in China – a welcome relocation for the recent college graduate and Texas native. Back in 2018, Rose won her second consecutive Youth World Champion title on Corpus Christi waters in the ILCA 6, a feat that hadn’t been achieved in 10 years. 

iQFOiL World Championships 

Brest, France | Racing October 17-22 | Event Website 

On the water for the US Sailing Team and Olympic Development Program: 

• • • Pedro Pascual, US Sailing Team 
    • Noah Lyons, Olympic Development Program 
    • Dominique Stater, Olympic Development Program 
    • Alex Temko, Olympic Development Program 

The 2022 iQFOiL World Championships will be the first World Championships that Rio and Tokyo Olympian Pedro Pascual will compete in using the new foiling equipment. 

470 World Championship 

Sdot Yam, Israel | Racing October 24-29 | Event Website 

On the water for the US Sailing Team & Oyster Bay 470 Team: 

• Louisa Nordstrom & Trevor Bornarth

The 470 class is no stranger to the Olympic stage, dating back to the 1976 Montreal Summer Games, but the mixed discipline of one male / one female will make its debut in Paris 2024. US Sailing Team athletes Louisa Nordstrom and Trevor Bornarth have been training and racing together since before the Tokyo 2020 Games when the 470 was still one female boat / one male boat. The two have been climbing the scoresheets with their best performance last month at the 470 European Championship in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey — a 13th overall finish and just 6 points out of the medal race. 

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