Morris back for iQFOiL
Grae Morris has returned to competition this week for the iQFOiL Under 23 World Championships in Portimão, Portugal.
09 September 2025
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Back to racing, Morris will aim for success in 20 races as part of the regatta, which runs from 8 to 13 September in the Algarve region, with competitors racing across the six days on the Atlantic Ocean.
The 21-year-old – and Australian Olympian – has been back in training since the Open World Championships in July, following an incredible European season that included two golds and a silver medal.
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Morris said he is treating the U23 Worlds as both a test and a tune-up towards summer training in Australia and the 2026 season.
“It’s been a while since Worlds in Aarhus,” he said, having narrowly missed the medal rounds there.
I’m pretty excited to just get back on the start line and try out a few different things, see where I’ve gotten since then and see what I need to work on for the next couple of months lead up to Palma 2026.”
After a recent training camp in Townsville, Queensland, a potential venue for Brisbane 2032, Grae arrived in Portimão with clear objectives.
“I’m trying to be more accurate and work on managing pressure at different times of an event and just manage the regatta better than I did in Aarhus,” he explained.
“It’s everything I know, and I’ve done before but just obviously needs a lot of work and repetition.”
As for conditions for the week, Morris is keeping an open mind.
“Honesty, I haven’t checked the forecast – I don’t like false hope,” he laughed.
“I just kind of go with what we see on the day and what the race committee tells us.”
“What I do hope is that there’s going to be plenty of wind and plenty of racing for such a nice place like Portimão.”
The U23 World Championships will bring together 143 athletes from 30 nations, with men’s and women’s fleets set to battle it out in the rolling swells and tactical breezes of southern Europe.
A full list of entries can be found here:
https://2025iqworldsu23.portimao.sailti.com/en/default/races/race-inscriptions
Australian Sailing Team (AST), Australian Sailing Futures (ASF) and other Australian (AUS) results at the U23 iQFOiL World Championship:
iQFOiL Men – 95 Entries
Grae Morris (AST)
Joseph Folley (ASF)
Benjamin Robinson (AUS)
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