BEWDLEY’S Alison Young marked her first major tournament since recovering from illness with ninth place overall in the Laser Radial category at the ISAF World Sailing Championships.
The Trimpley Sailing Club member, who finished fifth in the London 2012 Olympics, had gone into the final race in ninth place but still in with an opportunity of winning a medal.
She was in third in the 10-boat race after the first lap, but a number of places on the second lap saw her cross eighth, which maintained her overall ninth place.
She explained: “I had a good start to the race with a good first beat and I was in a good position.
“Then on the second beat I just got stuck with my head in the boat and didn’t play the shifts and made quite a lot of losses.”
“It has been good to finally have a bit of breeze over the last couple of days for a bit of hiking and to mix it up through the regatta.
“There is a lot of learning to take forwards.”
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