{"id":93,"date":"2011-09-05T09:21:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T09:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yachtracing.biz\/life\/?p=93"},"modified":"2011-09-05T09:21:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T09:21:48","slug":"torvar-mirsky-wins-st-moritz-wmrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yachtracing.biz\/life\/2011\/09\/torvar-mirsky-wins-st-moritz-wmrt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirsky and The Wave Muscat On Top In St Moritz."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Torvar Mirsky<\/a> is the new \u2018King of the Mountain\u2019 after beating Pierre-Antoine Morvan in the final of the 2011 St. Moritz Match Race. Ian Williams finished in third place to move up into first position in the overall Championship standings going into stage 7 of the World Match Racing Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the end, a count back decided both the final and petit final on Lake St. Moritz. The Maloja breeze had arrived like clockwork all week however on the final day, heavy cloud cover and light rain created much lighter conditions and continual wind shifts that made racing impossible. After a series of race abandonments, the Race Committee decided to end racing with no races completed in either the final or petit final.<\/p>\n

Mirsky\u2019s win is his first since the Portimao Portugal Match Cup in 2009 and gives his 2011 Championship quest a timely boost. Now sitting in third place overall, Mirsky said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d have liked to race the final and win the proper way but we\u2019re happy to take the win so life is pretty good!<\/p>\n

\u201cMy career has been a bit of a rollercoaster this year so to get back out there and show people what we can do is the best thing. I\u2019m so happy with our team and the way we performed this week, it really couldn\u2019t have gone better. This is only our second win so we\u2019re happy – it will give us a good boost moving forward to the rest of the Tour.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For Pierre-Antoine Morvan, it was a frustrating conclusion to what has been an accomplished performance by the Extreme Team Morbihan all week. He came into the final on the back of six consecutive wins and would have been a tough force for Mirsky but he remains happy and has done his quest for a Tour Card next year no harm:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had nothing to lose heading out there today so we obviously would have preferred to race but the weather can really affect things and it\u2019s not fair to race a final in those conditions so it was the right decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very happy to finish second. If you said to me at the start of the week that we would finish second I wouldn\u2019t have believed you. We are looking forward to racing in more Tour events and to racing Torvar in the future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New Championship leader Williams looked in imperious form all week only to fall to a 3-0 whitewash against Morvan in the semi-finals. The Brit though is happy to settle for a third place and the Championship lead:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came to win but we always said from the start that looking at the points we only needed to get to the podium to put ourselves in a good position on the Tour overall. Bruni not making the cut was really an added bonus and helped push us to the top. We\u2019re pretty consistent having finished on the podium in the past 3 events that we\u2019ve competed in and will try and do the same in Bermuda. The pressure is really on the likes of Hansen, Mirsky and Bruni now.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The race for the 2011 ISAF Match Racing World Championship continues at the Argo group Gold Cup which takes place in Bermuda from the 3 to 9 October. Last season the Championship was tightly poised at this stage and this year is no different, with only 17 points separating Williams in first and Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team in fifth.<\/p>\n

Result from the Final:<\/p>\n

Torvar Mirsky (AUS) The Wave Muscat beat Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) Extreme Team Morbihan<\/p>\n

Result from the Petit Final:<\/p>\n

Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar beat Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team<\/p>\n

Overall WMRT Championship Standings \u2013 after 6 stages<\/h2>\n