Sisters come together for Paris 2024

Published on June 7th, 2024

The six-year campaign of two Canadian sailing sisters to compete at Paris 2024 has come with an unexpected windfall: the sport has brought them closer together than they’ve ever felt before.

This past March, Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, Nova Scotia felt more than a little wind in their sails as they qualified to represent Team Canada at the Olympic Games. Then, the sisters did something that didn’t come all that naturally to the two of them after they finished in eighth place at the 2024 49erFX World Championships in Spain.

“We hugged many times. It’s funny hugging in sailing gear because you’re in all this equipment with life jackets and wetsuits. You’re like the Michelin blimp,” Antonia says.

They couldn’t believe what they had just accomplished after the six-year campaign to get to the Paris 2024 Olympics. More importantly, they couldn’t believe they were hugging like they were. – Full report


Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Program:
Men’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 7
Women’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 6
Mixed Two Person Dinghy – 470
Men’s Skiff – 49er
Women’s Skiff – 49erFX
Men’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
Women’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
Men’s Windsurfing – iQFOiL
Women’s Windsurfing – iQFOiL
Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17

Venue: Marseille, France
Dates: July 28-August 9

Details:
• Paris website: https://www.paris2024.org/en/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/
• World Sailing microsite: https://paris2024.sailing.org/

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