The chants, the smiles, the celebrations, the uncorked champagne, the hugs in the midst of red-and-white jerseys reflect the feelings of the Peruvian sailing team that has just achieved qualification for the 2022 Bahrain Sailing World Championship. Yes, it was possible and it was accomplished on the final day of regattas of the Star Sailors League Gold Cup held at Lake Neuchatel, in the city of Granson in Switzerland.
The sailing team was captained by Stefano Peschiera and coached by Javier Arribas. Our excellent crew was made up of outstanding sailors such as Alonso Collantes, Florencia Chiarella, Jean Paul de Trazegnies, Joaquín Razetto, Augusto Nicolini, Luis Olcese, Christian Sas, Eduardo Cano, Javier Arribas Harten, Javier Arribas Leigh, and Ismael Muelle.
On the penultimate day of competition, Peru positioned itself for qualification, and being in the Bahrain World Championship depended solely on us, and we won this Sunday. We did it, we won the final race and qualified in first place, with Chile in second place. Uruguay and Venezuela finished in the following positions.
Peschiera refers to World Championship qualification
"We are very happy. We have formed a great team; the conditions were not favorable for us at the beginning, but we managed to recover. We never lost sight of our goal, and this victory is for our country, for our families, and for all the people who have been following this qualification. It has been days of much effort, but also of unity and sacrifice. Thank you Peru, thank you all. We are already in the Sailing World Championship," said an emotional Stefano Peschiera.
Javier Arribas, coach of this excellent crew, indicated that "we have a great team where everyone has followed the instructions to the letter. We had very tough opponents but we achieved our goal. This is for Peru, let's enjoy it."