Sea, Sail & Surf newsATHENS 2002 REGATTA
Tsoulfa and Bekatorou strike gold in the 470s !
mercredi 21 août 2002 –
In the 470 men`s class, Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Kostas Trigonis moved up to 3rd place in the general standings. They ended 4th in the 7th session, and in the 8th they were disqualified due to a false start. ``This creates problems for us and we must be particularly careful in the three remaining races``, they said. ``Top athletes in this class are participating, and the racing area has everything necessary to host the Olympic Games``. Sven Coster and Kalle Coster of Holland came 1st in both races of the day, but in the general standings the lead is held by Johan Molund and Martin Andersson of Sweden.
Nikos Kaklamanakis of Greece, the gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games, is still leading in the Mistral class. He is followed 11 points behind by New Zealander Tobin Jon-Paul, who came in first in today`s 8th session.
The Finn class continues to be dominated by Benn Ainslie of Britain, who became both World and European Champion in 2002. In the 49er class, after the 7th session, the lead is held by the crew from Norway, Christoffer Sundby and Frode Bovim. A major battle continues in the Tornado class Where Austrians Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher are just one point ahead of the French crew, Olivier Backes and Laurent Voiron. In 6th place are Iordanis Paschalides and Christos Garefis of Greece. ``We are very pleased with our performance``, they said. ``We have been working in this class since 1988, we did not succeed in qualifying for the Olympic Games in Sydney, so our goal is to secure a place in the eight for the 2004 Games in Athens``.
In the new Olympic class, the Yngling, after the 7th session, the lead is held by the American crew Hannah Swett – Joan Touchette – Melissa Purdy.
The results in each session and the general standings
Mistral Men – General Standings (42 boats)
1. Kaklamanakis Nikolaos GRE 22 p.p. (3 [5] 1, 1, 2, 2 [9] 8)
2. Tobin Jon-Paul NZL 33 p.p. (1, 7 [19] 2, 4, 13, 5, 1)
3. Wells James NZL 35 p.p. (12, 1, 2, 3 [17] 1, 6, 10)
Mistral Women – General Standings (34 boats)
1. Sensini Alessandra ITA 21 p.p. (6, 1, 2, 5, 1, 1, 5 [7])
2. Lee Lai Shan HKG 33 p.p (1, 9, 1, 1, 16 [OCS] 4, 1)
3. Jian Yin CHN 50 p.p. (2, 2, 4 [DSQ] 14, 2, 14, 12)
470 – General Standings (36 boats)
1. Molund Johan SWE 33 p.p. (5, 5 [12] 7, 4, 2, 2, 8) Andersson Martin
2. Marinho Alvaro POR 48 p.p. (6, 12, 3, 2 [14] 4, 14, 7) Nunes Miguel
3. Kosmatopoulos Andreas GRE 58 p.p. (17, 9, 1, 15, 2, 10, 4 [OCS]) Trigonis Konstantinos
470 Women – General Standings (31 boats)
1. Bekatorou Sofia GRE 12 p.p. (3 [15] 1, 5, 1, 1, 1) Tsoulfa Emilia
2. De Koning Marcelien NED 26 p.p. (1 [21] 9, 4, 7, 3, 2 Berkhout Lobke
3. Le Berre Anne-Claire FRA 47 p.p. (16, 7, 3, 6, 9, 6 [18]) Riou Marie
Finn – General Standings (33 boats)
1. Ainslie Ben GBR 6 p.p. (2, 1, 2 [5] 1)
2. Simpson Andrew GBR 14 p.p. (3 [15] 1, 3, 7)
3. Florent Guillaume FRA 15 p.p.. (1, [13] 3, 8, 3)
49er – General Standings (38 boats)
1. Sundby Christoffer NOR 24 ‚.?. (8, 3 [10] 9, 1, 1, 2) Bovim Frode
2. Hansen Peter DEN 38 p.p. (11 [OCS] 2, 4, 9, 2, 10) Hansen Soren
3. Martinez De Cizarduy ESP 42 p.p. (2 [19] 4, 5, 11, 16, 4) Fernandez Gaztanaga
Tornado – General Standings (29 boats)
1. Hagara Roman AUT 13 p.p. (3 [6] 6, 1, 2, 1) Steinacher Hans-Peter
2. Backes Olivier FRA 14 p.p. (1, 5, 2 [21] 4, 2) Voiron Laurent
3. Bundock Darren AUS 21 p.p. (2 [16] 5, 4, 1, 9) Forbes John
Yngling – General Standings (23 boats)
1. Swett Hannah USA 27 p.p. (1, 9, 3, 7, 2 [21] 5) Touchette Joan Purdy Melissa
2. Dennison Melanie AUS 32 p.p. (8, 1, 5, 3, 12 [18] 3) Aders Caroline Herbert Fiona
3. Robertson Shirley GBR 38 p.p. (6 [20] 9, 9, 3, 5, 6) Ayton Sarah Leask Inga
The ATHENS 2002 REGATTA continues tomorrow with the sessions of the 6th day.
* In the general standings, next to the penalty points for the athletes, is the position they achieved in every session. Within brackets is the race they have the right to eliminate from the general standings. The results are those registered prior to any objections being raised.
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