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2019 49erFX World Championships - Medal Race
The Netherlands' Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz win the 2019 49erFX World Championship in Auckland after their closest rivals, Brazil's Olympic champions Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, capsized spectacularly at the leeward mark during this Medal Race. The Dutch pair guided their boat safely around the course to take gold in what was described as a prize fight between Olympic champions and reigning world champions. Denmark's Ida Nielsen and Marie Olsen claim bronze. Bekkering and Duetz went on to win 49erFX bronze together at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Bekkering has since retired, but Duetz kept going - five years later she won Olympic GOLD in the women's skiff at Paris 2024, this time with a new partner, Odile van Aanholt. Grael and Kunze, who take silver here, are back-to-back Olympic champions (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) and now race together for Mubadala Brazil SailGP. 📍 Auckland, New Zealand | 🏆 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 World Championship | 🎬 49erFX Medal Race #49erFXsailing #OlympicSailing #WorldChampionship #Auckland #SailGP
