Donaghdee Finn Sailor McClelland Yet to Find Form at Euro Championships
14th April 2021
Ireland s Oisin McClelland on Day two of the Finn European Championships in Portugal
Credit: João Costa Ferreira – Osga Photo
Donaghadee s Olympic campaigner Oisin McClelland has had a difficult start to the opening four races of the 2021 Open and U23 Finn European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal and is currently placed in the bottom quarter of his 49-boat fleet.
The Ulster sailor will be keen to improve his performance as the event reaches its halfway point today. The next six races of the series that conclude on Friday are critical given this is McClelland s last big race opportunity before the final Olympic test next month at the Finn Gold Cup where he is aiming to take an Olympic berth for Ireland in Tokyo this Summer.
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Spain’s Joan Cardona offered further evidence of his prodigious talent today as he moved top of the rankings at the 2021 Finn European Open and Under-23 Championships after winning both of today’s races at Vilamoura.
Cardona, the 2020 European under-23 champion, whose main target in the Portuguese resort, apart from defending his title, is to earn a Tokyo 2020 quota place for his country, had begun the second day of racing in fourth position after finishing 15th and then fourth.
But back-to-back victories left him on just 21 points, six better than overnight leader Zsombor Berecz.
The Hungarian sailor, winner of the Tokyo Olympic test event in 2019, now stands second on 27 points after finishing eighth and 10th, on day two.