The women’s fleet sailed two races on the final day. Valerie Ghibaudo fought to claim second place in the first race, doing enough to seal her the event victory. Karin Jaggi added a fifth race win her impressive tally, making her untouchable in second place overall, and Sarah Hebert (Starboard, Naish) cruised across the line in third, edging her up the overall scores.
Moving into the second and final elimination, Nagoshi (Simmer) and Korzitz were locked in a battle for third position overall. Aiding Nagoshi, Korzitz took a fall rounding the third mark, meaning Nagoshi just had to stay upright and hold onto her third place in the race to beat Korzitz in the overall rankings.
On the finish line, Ghibaudo won in true style, with Jaggi in second, and Nagoshi holding on to take third. Nagoshi’s podium finish is all the more impressive considering she was competing on borrowed equipment right the way down to her fin bolts! Valerie Ghibaudo: “For my sponsors, I really wanted to do well here, so I feel superb. It’s fantastic to come first. I had some really close runs with Karin Jaggi, and conditions were really difficult all five days, so it hasn’t been easy. It’s still sinking in that I’ve actually won, I just hope I can sail like this at the next event in Alaçati!”
The 2008 PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam Women’s Results:
1st Valerie Ghibaudo 2nd Karin Jaggi 3rd Junk Nagoshi 4th Lee Korzitz 5th Sarah-Quita Offringa
The Season as it stands:
1st Karin Jaggi 2nd Lee Korzitz 3rd = Iballa Moreno 3rd = Valerie Ghibaudo 5th Alice Arutkin
The event now switches over to freestyle. Tune back in from 10.30am tomorrow to follow all the action here on pwaworldtour.com
