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Steven Thomas and Blair Tuke de Australia, lideres indiscutidos
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Wind and more wind at the 2009 29er World Championship
Riva del Garda….Friday, July 24, 2009….Some very strong winds today: southerly, and with gusts up to 14 meters-per-second. (30 knots) Many crews experiencing difficulties: not only on the regatta courses, but also while returning to shore. Extraordinary levels of drama today. Wind. Waves. Skies. Sails. Athletes. Hills and shores.
Most admirable of all, the crews’ maneuvers in the midst of such intense conditions. Agility and strength definitely put to the test. Gold and Silver group fleets contending four races each; Bronze Group running three races, and Emerald Group running two.
In the Gold Group fleet, Steven Thomas and Blair Tuke (AUS 1) unrelenting with three first-place victories and a third-place finish (scores 1, (3), 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1).
An effective blow to any adversaries, no doubt about that. Their victory march towards claiming this year’s Championship Gold Medal is almost 99% assured!
Tomorrow’s main battle focuses on the Silver and Bronze medallists of the Gold Group fleet. At this moment, Haylee Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS 34) have 43 points, thanks to today’s first-place victory
Lagging only five points behind them are Lauren Jeffries and Nathan Outteridge (AUS 1727), now holding third position in the Gold Group rankings. The Australian crews are truly overwhelming. Occupying all three top positions in the Gold Group, they also hold four of the ten top-ranking spots of the overall Championship scores.
Italians Riccardo Camin and Lorenzo Franceschini (F.V.Riva) close the day eleventh in the overall rankings, thanks to a fifth-place finish and a sixth-place finish, achieved in today’s first two races.
Adam Larvin and Ed Chapman (GBR 1322) (scores 1, 3, 9, (21)) retain their command of the Silver Group fleet.
Other first-place winners in today’s Silver Group: Jens Thoma and Simon Woop (GER 1279) (4, 1, 29, 22); Paris Henken and Chris Rast (USA 1703) (3, 2, 1, 9) and Martin Tomas Otero and Eduardo Lopez Segura (ARG 1311) (12, 13, 11, 1). Italians Augusto Poropat and Giacomo Grosselli (ITA 1209), fifth yesterday in the Silver Group overall ranks, sink to fourteenth position today.
Results 29er - GOLD
Scores take into account 1 discard
No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 AUS 1 Steven Thomas, Blair Tuke 12,0 1 (3) 2 2 1 1 1 3 1
2 AUS 34 Haylee Outteridge, Iain Jensen 42,0 2 2 6 1 (21) 12 10 1 8
3 AUS 1727 Lauren Jeffries, Nathan Outteridge 48,0 5 1 9 6 8 2 3 (14) 14
4 GBR 3 Max Richardson, Alex Groves 52,0 9 5 10 8 2 10 (15) 4 4
5 AUS 12 David O'Connor, Rhys Mara 63,0 15 16 7 7 11 3 2 2 (22)
6 FRA 1634 Kevin Fischer, Glenn Gouron 71,0 4 12 1 (21) 7 9 16 13 9
7 GBR 24 Tom Durham, George Hand 71,0 8 19 18 4 3 5 (24) 9 5
8 ARG 1308 Pepe Bettini, Fernando Gwozdz 73,0 6 (21) 5 17 10 22 4 6 13
9 USA 46 Maxwell Fraser, David Liebenberg 81,0 18 11 (22) 12 5 7 5 11 12
10 ITA 35 Riccardo Camin, Lorenzo Franceschini 82,0 13 6 23 (24) 4 4 6 10 16
11 ARG 1184 Belen Tavella, Franco Greggi 85,0 20 8 4 (25) 18 13 14 5 3
12 NED 1715 Mark Walraven, Kaj Bocker 88,0 7 4 14 15 14 15 12 (18) 7
13 AUS 11 Hannah Nattrass, Jamie Woods 95,0 10 9 15 10 9 20 7 (raf) 15
14 GBR 4 Bleddyn Mon, Nick Redding 97,0 16 23 13 3 12 (dsq) 20 8 2
15 USA 28 Judge Ryan, Matt Noble 97,0 3 7 3 23 (ocs) 18 17 16 10
16 ARG 1183 German Billoch, Gaston Cheb Terrab 107,0 14 13 8 5 23 24 8 12 (25)
17 USA 1734 Oliver Toole, Hans Henken 109,0 19 14 16 20 16 6 (21) 7 11
18 ARG 1319 Nahuel Martinez, Damian Saponara 110,0 12 (24) 11 14 17 14 13 23 6
19 ARG 25 Micael Sielecki, Tom?s Ocampo 117,0 25 15 17 16 6 8 9 (22) 21
20 ARG 433 Mara Agustina Torre, Tom?s Wagmaister 123,0 11 10 21 13 15 17 (22) 19 17
21 FRA 1395 Nicolas Chateau, Julian Chateau 127,0 24 18 12 9 (ocs) 11 18 15 20
22 GER 1665 Justus Schmidt, Max Boehme 144,0 21 17 (24) 19 22 19 11 17 18
23 GBR 1702 Henry Lloyd Williams, Sam Batten 150,0 22 20 19 11 13 23 23 (24) 19
24 SUI 962 Helle ?rum Nielsen, Caspar Buettner 165,0 23 22 (25) 22 19 16 19 21 23
25 NED 6 Annemiek Bekkering, Miguel Karsters 166,0 17 (dnf) 20 18 20 21 dnf 20 24
RDG-results are as follows:
ARG 1308 Pepe Bettini, Fernando Gwozdz race 6: 12 scores
Results 29er - Silver
8 ARG 1311 Martin, Tomas Otero, Eduardo Lopez Segura 129,0 50 12 13 17 (41) 12 13 11 1
