Today at Enoshima Bay in Japan, the 470 World Championship was decided in a preview of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games sailing competition. Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan of Australia defeated Jordi Xammar and Nicolas Rodriguez of Spain in the men’s final and Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre of Great Britain defeated Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka of Japan in the women’s final.
All four duos are expected to represent their respective countries and continue onto compete in the Summer Olympics’ 470 Two Person Dinghy competitions next year which will also be held at Enoshima Bay.
From August 2nd through August 9th, 182 athletes representing 29 nations have competed at the 2019 470 World Championship which has been used as part of the team selection process for many nations.
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