Clarisse Agbégnénou has a devastating physical impact, well-worked and neat technique and a presence that overshadows the expectations all her opponents. Outside the tatami, she has the intelligence, the poise and the smile to announce a toothpaste or preside over the European Union. Clarisse is the quintessence of the French touch that the world envies and tries to emulate but Agbégnénou won’t be there.
Thus, the boat of the category has been adrift for almost a year because there is no set course. One day Lucy Renshall arrives, wins a gold and decides to dock in Great Britain. The next day the Venezuelan Anriquelis Barrios appears to loosen ties and opt for a more tropical direction.
The void left by Agbégnénou is a change of era where chaos reigns, nothing is safe or lasting. In Tashkent, the new world queen will be the best fit. As the level has been balanced, the world championship will not be a long campaign but a quick and minute operation whose loot is a title coveted by all.
The ship's crew has officers with experience and a desire to rise through the ranks, such as the Canadian Beauchemin-Pinard, the Brazilian Ketleyn Quadros or the Slovenian Andreja Leski. Japan also knows how to navigate; it's an island for a reason and there resides Megumi Horikawa. Behind, there is also a generation of freshwater sailors who have taken the great leap to cross the oceans, led by the Hungarian Szofi Ozbas.
Therefore, the absence of Agbégnénou makes this weight one of the most uncertain. If they all reach the maximum of their potential, it is possible that the experience will make the difference and in that sense, Renshall comes out with an advantage, unless talent and technique are the keys to success, in which case Barrios, Quadros and Leski will have to be watched. Finally, if the secret of victory is hidden in tenacity and sacrifice, the winner will be Ozbas but if none of this works, or if on the contrary, the winner will be a compendium of all this, then we will have found, perhaps, the new master and commander, which is to say the new Agbégnénou.