Overview

• Diego Botín and Florian Trittel won the 49er World Championship in Cagliari by taking the four-boat decider, sealing the Olympic–European–World triple crown.
• The decisive race turned after a poor start and penalty for the Dutch crew, allowing the Spanish pair to lead cleanly to the finish.
• Paula Barceló and new partner María Cantero captured the 49erFX title, executing the Medal Race to move from medal security to overall gold.
• Cagliari tested a new final-day format with a non-discardable 20-boat race followed by a winner-takes-all final among the top four crews.
• Rising Spanish duo Conrad Konitzer and Anto Torrado placed fifth overall, finishing seven points shy of the final-four race.