Lee Korzits won her second straight gold medal at the World Windsurfing Championships on Wednesday after the Medal Race was canceled due to strong winds in Cadiz, Spain.
The 28-year-old Israeli, who became the youngest ever windsurfing world champion in Cadiz in 2003 and won her second gold in the event just last December, remained in first position, four points ahead of Poland’s Zofia Klepacka.
Korzits will receive a NIS 100,000 bonus from the Olympic Committee of Israel for her achievement and has strengthened her position as one of Israel’s best medal hopes for the London Olympics.
Ma’ayan Davidovich, who won a silver medal at the European Championships in February which Korzits missed through illness, ended the event in eighth place overall.
Nimrod Mashiah remained in sixth place overall in the men’s competition, increasing his lead over Shahar Zubari in the battle to represent Israel at the Olympics, with Zubari finishing in ninth position.
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