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Welsh Kitesurfer wins world title

Kirsty Jones from Carmarthenshire has won her first world title at the kitesurf world championships in Essaouira in Morocco.

Kirsty has been leading the Kitesurf Pro World Tour and in 2002 she became the first person to kitesurf across the Irish Sea.

After winning the title she said "It's been an amazing year for me doing the KPWT world tour. Last year I missed out on the title by a small margin and this year I was determined to become world champion - this is my dream come true.

The final in Morocco was by far the toughest for me as I put so much pressure on myself to win this final event"

Kirsty now plans to organise another long distance kitesurf for charity.

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