Virgin Islander Ian Barrows recently sailed to gold in the boy’s Byte CII class at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games, according to a release from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).
Barrows had hit the front on the next-to-last day of the regatta and made certain of success with a third-place finish in the medal race.
His score of 44 points gave him a 16-point margin of victory over Germany’s Florian Haufe, who claimed silver.
Barrows had this to say on his winning performance: "You’ve just got to stay really focused and not get too caught up in the results and not get too nervous. I had really good boat speed on the upwind and tactics, so that helped a lot and I was super conservative."
Dutch Antillian sailor Just van Aanholt made it two Caribbean nation medals on the podium and was proud of his experience in Singapore.
Said van Aanholt, "I feel very happy, at one moment I was looking back all the time, I’m just very happy. I think I’m going to celebrate with all my friends, adding, The Caribbean sailors are having a very good generation!"
