Italy’s Caterina Banti and her teammate Ruggero Tita have dominated the Olympic Mixed Multihull event, winning four World titles and Gold at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. But at age 37, Banti decided to retire from her competitive career. In this report by Italian media VELA, she shares her fatigue at being a female in a male dominated sport:
“Why are the official America’s Cup teams still only male? And what is the point of exclusively female crews or regattas? I believe in the strength of mixed crews and equal opportunity. Men and women can train and win together. Ruggero and I have proven that. Instead, at some point the women disappear.
“I give an example: World Sailing has announced the finalists for the Sailor of the Year Award, in the men’s category there is Ruggero Tita’s name, I am happy about that, but in the women’s category there is not mine. But Ruggero does not compete alone, we won the titles together.” – Full report
Source: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/10/28/sailing-women-and-fake-gender-equality/
