Team USA WINS Optimist Team Race World Championship!
Sail1Design is elated and proud to share the following:
The United States of America are the new Team Racing World Champions. This is the first time the USA has won in the 33 year history of the competition. Optimist World Championship 2016 has finished today in Vilamoura, Portugal.
It was a very long day in Vilamoura. It started in the morning to finish the qualifying series and has longed almost until 5 pm, when the race committee have decided that was impossible to have the semi final between Argentina and Italy and the final, where the USA had already the place.
The wind was light and shifty and dropped completely when the decisive matches would’ve been sailed.
USA finishes first, a well deserved title. Argentina was second and Italy ended third.
Team racing
| Rank | Nat | Nat |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
USA |
| 2 |  |
ARG |
| 3 |  |
ITA |
