Anna Tunnicliffe and her team secure gold at the 2011 ISAF World Championships – Boating News
The American women sailor Anna Tunnicliffe proved her worth at the 2011 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Championships taking place in Perth, Australia. Tunnicliffe overcame all odds as she along with her team earned
gold medals for her country, USA. The American sailing team were going head-to-head with the women sailors from Great Britain as the competition grew. Both teams were competing in the Women’s Match Racing Final which was held on December 16, 2011.
Tunnicliffe, the 29-year-old American captain, showed her sailing skills at the best as she took her team to a gold medal win against the British sailors. The Americans were going against the defending champions of the ISAF World
Championship, Great Britain’s Lucy Macgregor. On Friday, the sailing team from the US were able to win four consecutive races as the British team were trailing behind.
For Macgregor and her team from Britain, they were eager to win the day’s races and claim their top spot yet again in the championships. On the other hand, the American skipper, Tunnicliffe, this was the debut gold medal win for
her in the ISAF World Championships. She has, however, won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the Women’s Laser Radical Class.
Women’s sailing is set to make its debut at the Olympic Games in London next year. According to reports, Tunnicliffe will be taking part in the racing events. She would be looking forward to score a win to become the leading women’s
sailor at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Tunnicliffe was accompanied by her teammates; Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandemoer, and Debbie Capozzi combine to form Team McLaren. Their combined sailing expertise and skilled nautical abilities were enough to give them a dominating
stance on the final day of the championships. Team McLaren from USA were successful in winning the best of seven finals against Team Macgregor or Team Great Britain.
As Team McLaren entered the fourth race of the day, Team Macgregor was unable to win any of the races, giving Team McLaren the decisive score of 4-0. In the fourth race, both teams were going for a photo finish as British team
was closing in behind. In the end, it was Team McLaren which clinched the race by a difference of mere five seconds.
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