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Rocco Wright of Howth Moves up to Fifth Overall in Optimist Worlds

4th July 2021
The 2021 Optimist World Championship at Riva del Garda
The 2021 Optimist World Championship at Riva del Garda

A steady performance with a second and third in races 4Q and 5Q in the mega-fleet 58-nation Optimist Worlds Day 3 on Lake Garda has enabled Howth's Rocco Wright to discard his blip of a 19th yesterday, and move into fifth place overall on 11 points to the 10 of the USA’s Gil Hackel at 4th, and Italy's Alex Demurtas in third. Thailand’s Weka Bhanubandh continues to lead clear overall with his score at 5 points after discarding a fifth, while Brazil’s Alex di Francesco Kuhl is second on 9 points.

Published in Optimist, Howth YC
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