Youth Sailing World Championships 2025: Class-by-class preview

2025年世界青年帆船锦标赛：各级别预览

Practice sessions are underway in Vilamoura as the world’s best young sailors get their bearings ahead of the Youth Sailing World Championships.

世界青年帆船锦标赛开赛在即，维拉摩拉赛区的热身训练已全面展开，全球顶尖青年帆船选手正抓紧时间熟悉赛场环境。

The competitive races begin on Monday – here is a look at what to expect…

竞技正赛将于周一鸣锣开战 —— 以下为你前瞻本届赛事的看点亮点……

Both male and female ILCA 6 events will consist of nine races, with two apiece on the opening four days and one on the final day of competition.

男女组 ILCA 6 级别的比赛均设置九轮赛事，开赛首四日每日进行两轮比拼，收官日则进行一轮决胜。

Among the contenders in the female field is Ukraine’s Alina Shapovalova, who was fifth at this competition last year and finished second at August’s ILCA 6 Youth World Championships.

女子组夺冠热门选手中，乌克兰选手阿莉娜・沙波瓦洛娃赫然在列。她不仅在上届该赛事中斩获第五名，还在今年 8 月的 ILCA 6 级青年帆船世锦赛上夺得亚军。

New Zealand’s Chloe Turner claimed the global U17 crown at the same event, while Argentina’s Delfina Kuttel finished just outside the podium places in fourth at last year’s Youth Sailing World Championships. Fidan Aghazada, meanwhile, flies the flag for Azerbaijan as they compete in this competition for the first time.

新西兰选手克洛伊・特纳在该项赛事中斩获 U17 组别世界冠军，阿根廷选手德尔菲娜・库特尔则在上届世界青年帆船锦标赛中以第四名的成绩惜居领奖台之外。与此同时，菲丹・阿加扎达代表阿塞拜疆队出战，这也是该国首次参与该项赛事的角逐。

Alessandro Cirinei looks the sailor to beat in the male field. The Italian arrives as the reigning champion in both the ILCA 6 Youth Boys World Championships and the ILCA 6 Men’s World Championship, which he won in Kiel in June.

男子组的夺冠头号热门当属亚历山德罗・奇里内伊。这位意大利选手势头正盛，不仅是卫冕 ILCA 6 级青年男子组世锦赛冠军，更在今年 6 月于基尔举行的 ILCA 6 级男子世锦赛中登顶封王

Croatia’s Josip Tafra and Argentina’s Joaquin Galvan, who rounded out the Youth Boys World Championship podium, are both in the line-up here along with Australia’s Healy Ryan, who won the 2024 U17 European Championships.

克罗地亚选手约西普・塔夫拉与阿根廷选手华金・加尔万均跻身本届赛事阵容，二人曾携手站上青年男子组世锦赛领奖台。澳大利亚选手希利・瑞安同样榜上有名，他是 2024 年 U17 级欧洲锦标赛的冠军得主。

The 420 crews, who will also compete in nine races, have had valuable recent experience of winter conditions in Vilamoura having taken part in the Youth Portugal Grand Prix earlier in December.

420 级双人艇组合同样将参与九轮赛事的角逐。他们于 12 月初参加了葡萄牙青年帆船大奖赛，已在维拉摩拉提前积累了应对冬季赛场环境的宝贵经验

American pair Harrison Gandy and Joseph Panebianco claimed victory while Turkey’s Can Çaçur and Aras Şengün completed the podium in third on that occasion.

美国组合哈里森・甘迪与约瑟夫・帕内比安科斩获该赛事冠军，土耳其组合詹・恰楚尔与阿拉斯・申君则以季军身份跻身领奖台

Those two pairs are joined by three sets of siblings in the male/mixed class – Alejandro and Lucas Cadarso, from Peru, Argentina’s Joaquin and Franco Blousson, and Canadian brothers William and John Keilty.

上述两对组合之外，男 / 混合组阵容中还迎来了三对兄弟档选手的加盟 —— 秘鲁的亚历杭德罗・卡达尔索与卢卡斯・卡达尔索组合、阿根廷的华金・布鲁松与佛朗哥・布鲁松组合，以及加拿大的威廉・基尔蒂与约翰・基尔蒂兄弟

New Zealand’s Tessa Clinton and Amelia Higson were second at the recent Grand Prix and are among the crews bidding for glory in the female class.

新西兰组合特萨・克林顿与阿米莉亚・希格森在不久前的大奖赛中斩获亚军，此番她们也跻身女子组的冲金阵容之列。

Elizabeth Xydas and Alexandra ‘Coco’ Kolaya, who won the US Youth Championships at Fort Lauderdale in October, are also in the hunt.

伊丽莎白・克西达斯与亚历山德拉・“可可”・科拉亚组合同样在冲冠阵营之列，二人曾于 10 月在劳德代尔堡举办的美国青年帆船锦标赛中夺冠。

The 29er events will consist of 13 races, with three over each of the first four days of competition and one on the final day.

29er 级别的比赛共设置 13 轮赛事，开赛首四日每日进行三轮比拼，收官日则进行一轮决胜

The female class has no fewer than five pairs of sisters taking part – Austria’s Antonia and Charlotte Senger-Weiss, Japan’s Natsumi and Natsuko Funazawa, Germany’s Marie and Antonia Schwarz, Hong Kong’s Sienne and Tomoe Thiry, and the USA’s Sophie and Matilda Niemann.

女子组阵容中，参赛的姐妹档组合多达五对 —— 她们分别是奥地利的安东尼娅・森格尔 - 魏斯与夏洛特・森格尔 - 魏斯组合、日本的船泽夏美与船泽夏子组合、德国的玛丽・施瓦茨与安东尼娅・施瓦茨组合、中国香港的西耶娜・西里与智惠江・西里组合，以及美国的索菲・尼曼与玛蒂尔达・尼曼组合

Poland’s Antonina Puchowska and Alicja Dampc won this event last year and have added World and European 29er titles in 2025, while Italy’s Bianca Marchesini and Lucia Finato were second behind the Polish pair at the World Championships.

波兰组合安东尼娜・普霍夫斯卡与阿莉恰・丹普茨是该赛事的卫冕冠军，二人在 2025 年更是接连斩获 29er 级世锦赛与欧锦赛的双料冠军。而意大利组合比安卡・马尔凯西尼与卢西亚・菲纳托，则在该级别世锦赛中惜败于这对波兰组合，取得亚军

Nolann Huet Des Aunay and Titouan Gresset, of France, finished third at the 29er World Championships earlier this year and earned silver at the Europeans ahead of Switzerland’s Ikke Hubber and Liam Berger, who have had an excellent season and will soon transition to the 49er FX.

法国组合诺兰・于埃・德奥奈与蒂图昂・格雷塞，在今年早些时候的 29er 级世锦赛上斩获季军，又在欧锦赛中摘得银牌，名次位列瑞士组合伊克・哈伯与利亚姆・伯杰之上。这对瑞士选手本赛季表现出色，即将升级转战 49er FX 级别的赛事。

The Nacra 15 class will also contain 13 races, split in the same way as the 29er.

诺卡拉 15 级同样设置 13 轮赛事，赛制轮次安排与 29er 级完全一致。

The Spanish pair, Pepe Garcia Grindille and Aina Rivas, are following in illustrious footsteps. Garcia Grindille’s mother, Julia Garcia, won the Yngling World Championships in 2002, while Rivas’ father Toni was part of the sparring team who helped Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz win Olympic Tornado gold at Beijing 2008. Toni is coaching the Spanish duo here.

西班牙组合佩佩・加西亚・格林迪列与艾娜・里瓦斯正追寻着前辈的辉煌足迹。加西亚・格林迪列的母亲胡莉亚・加西亚曾于 2002 年斩获英凌级世锦赛冠军，而里瓦斯的父亲托尼，则是 2008 年北京奥运会托纳多级金牌得主费尔南多・埃查瓦里与安东・帕斯的陪练团队成员。如今，托尼正以教练身份带领这对西班牙小将征战本届赛事。

Elsewhere in the field, France’s Emilie Mansouri and Marius Praud claimed Nacra 15 World Championship silver earlier this year while Italy’s Lorenzo Sirena and Alice Dessy, who won gold on home waters in this competition at Lake Garda last year, were the leading U19 and U17 pair at the same event.

赛场其他焦点组合方面，法国选手艾米莉・曼苏里与马吕斯・普罗今年早些时候斩获诺卡拉 15 级世锦赛银牌；意大利组合洛伦佐・西雷纳与艾丽斯・德西则是上届赛事的本土冠军 —— 他们曾于加尔达湖主场夺魁，同时二人在本届世锦赛中还稳居 U19 与 U17 混合组的榜首位置。

The windsurfers will compete in 18 races across the week – four per day between Monday and Thursday, then two on Friday.

帆板项目选手将在本周内参与 18 轮赛事角逐 —— 周一至周四每日进行四轮比拼，周五则进行两轮。

Five of the six U19 medallists from the 2025 iQFOiL Youth & Junior World Championships will be in action, including both champions.

2025 年 iQFOiL 级青少年级世锦赛 U19 组的六名奖牌得主中，有五人将亮相本届赛事，这其中就包括该组别男女两位冠军选手

Australia’s Rory Meehan won the male event and has been part of three gold fleets at senior regattas this year. Turkey’s Artun Senol and Italy’s Mattia Saoncella, who rounded off the Youth & Junior World Championship podium, are also both in the field.

澳大利亚选手罗里・米汉斩获该组别男子项目冠军，他在今年的多场成年组赛事中，三度跻身金牌组行列。土耳其选手阿尔通・塞诺尔与意大利选手马蒂亚・桑切拉曾携手站上该青少年级世锦赛领奖台，此番二人同样入围本届赛事参赛阵容。

In the female class, Medea Falcioni is looking to build on her Youth & Junior World Championship victory, while Turkey’s Nurhayat Güven finished third in Brest.

女子组方面，梅迪亚・法尔奇奥尼力求在本届赛事中延续自己青少年级世锦赛的夺冠势头，土耳其选手努尔哈亚特・居文则曾在布雷斯特站赛事中斩获季军。

The formula kite competition will also consist of 18 races as the world’s best young kiteboarders go head-to-head.

风筝板公式赛同样设置 18 轮赛事，全球最顶尖的青年风筝板选手将在此展开正面交锋。

The women’s fleet contains the youngest member of the American team, 13-year-old Molly O’Brien, as well as Poland’s Karolina Jankowska and Turkey’s Derin Deniz Sorguc, who finished third and fourth respectively at the Formula Kite Youth World Championships this year.

女子组阵容中，不仅有美国队最年轻的队员 —— 年仅 13 岁的莫莉・奥布莱恩，还汇聚了波兰选手卡罗利娜・扬科夫斯卡与土耳其选手德林・德尼兹・索尔古奇。二人在今年的风筝板公式赛青年世锦赛上，分别斩获季军与第四名。

Gian Andrea Stragiotti, of Switzerland, finished second in the male class at that event and won his second consecutive U19 European Youth Championship gold in the summer. Israel’s Carmel Avisar won bronze on that occasion and is also among those going for glory in Vilamoura.

瑞士选手吉安・安德烈亚・斯特拉焦蒂在该赛事男子组中斩获亚军，并于今夏成功卫冕 U19 级欧洲青年锦标赛冠军。以色列选手卡梅尔・阿维萨尔当时则摘得铜牌，此番同样跻身维拉摩拉站的冲冠阵容。