Many sailors might think that the countdown to the Olympics should be a period of calmly keeping fit, and quietly building up concentration as your first race in the Five Ring Circus remorselessly approaches. But multiple title holder Eve McMahon had the opportunity - just a month before Marseille - to keep herself busy for a week in Portugal defending the ILCA 6 U21 World Title, and she did it in runaway style, winning by a clear 30 points ahead of serious contenders Evie Saunders of Australia and Ginevre Caracciolo Di Brienza of Italy.
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