WEYMOUTH’S Bryony Shaw is among Britain’s windsurfers taking on the world’s best in Torbole, Italy, on the waters of Lake Garda this week.

Following a summer of training and competing in Japan with the Olympic Games Test Event and World Cup Series Enoshima, the British contingent head back to Europe to go for glory in the RS:X World Championships.

The Beijing 2008 bronze medallist Shaw said: “I am really happy to be able to enjoy Lake Garda and to prepare for our 2019 World Championships.

“The venue is spectacular and offers a variety of conditions this time of the year. I am looking forward to this big test, my effort will be as focused and determined as ever.”

As Britain’s Test Event representatives, both Christchurch’s Emma Wilson and Tom Squires finished just off the podium in fourth and are looking to take the lessons learned in to the Worlds.

Backing up his fourth in the Olympic Test Event, Squires finished fifth at the World Cup Series Enoshima regatta a week later, and the 26-year-old from Oxford is looking to use that experience to push for the podium.

Wilson not only has her Japanese adventures to build on, but a hat-trick of medals from the 2019 Europeans in April where she won gold in the U21 fleet, silver in the European fleet and bronze overall.

Reflecting on her time in Japan, Wilson, 20, said: “I think after every event I look back and a few places here and there cost me a medal. I think it’s just the little things to keep trying to improve each race.”

Looking ahead to the Worlds, Wilson added: “I’m looking forward to racing.

“It’s going to be tricky with everyone here, I think the biggest entry in a very long time, but it should be fun.

“I’m looking forward to see what I can do. I’ve been here for a week now and we have had the classic Garda offshore in morning and onshore in afternoon.”

There is more British medal hunger in the women’s fleet with Saskia Sills, 23, aiming to kick on after a landmark performance in her last competitive outing.

Also competing in Torbole will be Kieran Martin and Matt Barton in the men’s fleet with Alysia Gibson, and 2018 Youth Worlds champion Islay Watson in the women’s.