“This was the first time France has ever won gold in this hotly contested fleet”
Sometimes all the stars align and a team is able to bring a really special performance together in really challenging circumstances.
Erwan Fischer and Clement Pequin brought their A+ game to the 49er World Championship in Lanzarote in early March. In more than a quarter of a century of Olympic skiff world championships, this was the first time France has ever won gold in this hotly contested fleet.
Victory couldn’t have come at a better time for the French to be
