Optimist World Championship 2021, more than fifty Nations have already registered
Just over a month to go before the start of the most awaited youth sailing event in the international sailing scenario, the Optimist World Championship: after the postponement of the regatta in 2020, Riva del Garda is getting ready to welcome the best young sailors of the World thanks to Fraglia Vela Riva, Associazione Italiana Classe Optimist and IODA.
With registrations still open, fifty nations have already confirmed their presence for the World Championship that will start on Wednesday 30 June in the waters of Lake Garda (Italy): considering qualifications, team races and finals, the participants will be engaged in an intense series of regattas that will end on July 10th, when the winner of the 2021 Optimist World Championship will be proclaimed, successor in the roll of honor to Marco Gradoni, record holder in the Optimist Class for having sealed three World Championships in a row.
There is an air of great positivity in the hosting venue, Fraglia Vela Riva, and among all the members of the Organizing Committee: after the necessary postponement in 2020, the organizational machine is working at full speed to give life to a fun, safe and memorable edition for all participants.
The President of Riva del Garda Fierecongressi Roberto Pellegrini commented: “The confirmation of this important sporting event allows today to restart the organizational machine with renewed enthusiasm, to bring to Riva del Garda a concrete opportunity to relaunch and enhance the territory, in line with the mission of Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, which consists in supporting and promoting the economy of the Northern Garda through trade fair and congress activities. This leads us to forge alliances like this by making available, in synergy with all the actors involved, our know-how in hospitality and event organization as well as the spaces of the Congress Center that will be useful for guaranteeing optimal logistics “.
The words of the President of Garda Trentino, Marco Benedetti, are also positive: “Finally, one of the most important events in the international sailing scene is back in Riva del Garda: a great milestone not only for Fraglia Vela Riva, but also for the whole of Garda Trentino. Sailing has always represented one of the strengths of our tourist offer and this result is a further crowning of the intense work of synergies that has been carried out in the area for decades “.
The 2021 Optimist World Championship is organized by Fraglia Vela Riva, Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, Garda Trentino and AICO – the Italian Optimist Class Association.
