Chicago, USA (16 September, 2025) The Windy City is set to welcome twelve elite women match racing teams this week as the 2025 World Sailing Women’s Match Racing World Championship comes to Chicago, 17-20 September, promising four days of world-class competition on the waters of Lake Michigan. Hosted by the Chicago Yacht Club, the world championship event is also the fifth and penultimate stage of the 2025 Women’s World Match Racing Tour, before the world tour concludes in Bermuda next month. The Chicago women’s world championship is headlined by defending Women’s Match Racing World Champion Pauline Courtois of France and her Match in Pink Normandy Team of Maëlenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Sophie Faguet and Laurane Mettraux who return to defend their crown against a highly competitive field. Sweden’s Anna Östling and her WINGS Sailing team, two-time World Champions and 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour champions competed in the recent Chicago Grand Slam event giving them valuable time to sail the matched Tom 28 boats which will be used this week. “Chicago is an incredible sailing city and the perfect stage for this world championship,” said Event Director Jen Dorsch.