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2021 Platu 25 World Championship
The 2021 Platu 25 World Championships were held from 22 to 28 August 2021 in Nida, Lithuania. This was the first sailing world championships approved by World Sailing held in Lithuania. Medal summary File:Platu25 2021 World Championship 1 by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg, Competition File:White Whale by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg, Team White Whale - bronze medal winners File:Platu25 by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg, Competition Winners of individual stages Incidents * 24 August: Tadas Žižys (boat Pandora) protested against Ivan Kolobov (boat La Moreneta). Protest dismissed. * 25 August: due strong winds multiple boats got damaged while in a race: few boats damaged their sails, Lithuanian boat Matahambre dismasted, Latvian boat RA Evolution lost rudder. * 26 August: due weak wind competition was cancelled for the day. Four races planned for next day. * 27 August: Tomas Jurgelevičius (boat Hegelmann) protested against Andrejs Buls (boat Bailarina). Protest upheld and Bailar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nida, Lithuania
Nida (german: Nidden, Kursenieki: ''Nīde'') is a resort town in Lithuania, the administrative centre of Neringa municipality. Located on the Curonian Spit between the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic Sea, it is the westernmost point of Lithuania and the Baltic states, close to the border with the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast exclave. It currently has about 2,385 residents. History A settlement area of the Baltic Curonians, the original place called ''nida'' ("fluent" in the Old Prussian language) was first mentioned in 1385 documents issued by the Teutonic Knights, who ruled the lands within their Monastic State. The original settlement on the road along the Curonian Spit from Königsberg to Memel was located about south of its today's position near the ''Hohe Düne'' (High Dune) at Cape Grobštas (from Old Prussian: ''grabis'', "hill"). In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confedera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
