Eve McMahon claims gold in 2028 Olympic waters at LA Grand Slam
The Paris 2024 Olympian's victory in the ILCA 6 class at the competition, officially known as the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta, marks a staging point towards the LA 2028 Games, with those same waters on the California coastline hosting the Olympic sailing competition in three years' time.
"I'm delighted to win here in LA," said McMahon, who began the final day of racing in second place overall before taking the lead from Great Britain's Hannah Snellgrove.
"Racing on the future Olympic waters is really motivating and I really wanted to go out there today to see what I could do, so I'm very happy with how I performed and that I was able to come away with the gold.
"This event gave us a real taste of what LA 2028 will feel like."
McMahon's success in LA comes two months after she won bronze in the same class at the ILCA World Championships in Qingdao, China.
The Howth Yacht club member's brother Ewan McMahon was also racing in LA, finishing 17th in the ILCA 7 class, while fellow Paris Olympian Finn Lynch fared better, taking eighth place.
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