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Hungary. New Olympic format & light winds set new perspective at 470 Europeans
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Hungary. New Olympic format & light winds set new perspective at 470 Europeans According to a special 470 Class “Rule 42” everything is allowed to speed up the boat, using equipment, wind and body which includes pumping, rocking, etc. If a minimum of windspeed has been reached and the Race Committee has given the signal that sailors have freedom to “rock the boat”. In wind conditions like today where the wind did not reach these limits, it seemed hard for the sailors to control their energy. The Jury had to raise the flag several times. On top of the 470 Men’s results list, common leaders get back together again, except for ruling World Champions Nathan WILMOT / Malcolm PAGE who have weakened their position with a 22nd place in today’s race. Dutch Brothers Sven COSTER / Kalle COSTER from the Netherlands fought their way back in line after ending up 33rd overall after two races yesterday. Half the race at 12th position, they finally crossed the finish line in 1st place in Group Pink which lets them step up to a 16th place overall. Italian opening leaders Enrico FONDA with Marco GUERRA still retain the lead in the event after gaining a 3rd place in their group today , putting them in a quite convenient position to reach the finals. Benjamin BONNAUD with Romain BONNAUD (FRA) took over 2nd place on the overall rankings by winning the race in Group Blue. In Group White of the Women’s Fleet, Therese TORGERSSON / Vendela ZACHRISSON (SWE) saw Stefanie ROTHWEILER / Vivien KUSSATZ (GER) and 470 legend Ruslana TARAN with Olena PAKHOLCHYK (UKR) leading in front of them during the major part of the race. Greedy for the lead they decided for an heroic attack by gybing downwind and move towards the shore line to become more pressure. Althought the chosen move seemed to poor, they gained an invincible lead, more than good enough to win the race. Still three days to go and it is expected that during the remaining days the Race Management will try to have three races a day instead of two as planned. The weather forecast predicts no significant changes. It might be well possible that the Championship is already in a further phase than expected. Racing resumes tomorrow at 10:00 local time. The last day of qualifiers is at June the 17th. On the 18th the Finals will take place, featuring the top 10 of the 470 Men’s and Women’s Fleet. Top 10 - 470 MEN Overall 1 ITA 7 Enrico FONDA Marco GUERRA 6.0 2 FRA 11 Benjamin & Romain BONNAUD 8.0 3 SLO 141 Tomaz COPI Aljaz JADEK 12.0 4 RUS 2 Mikhail & Maxim SHEREMETYEV 12.0 5 ITA 2 Gabrio ZANDONA Andrea TRANI 17.0 6 ISR 7 Gideon KLIGER Udi GAL 18.0 7 FRA 44 Pierre LEBOUCHER Vincent GAROS 19.0 8 FRA 7 Nicolas CHARBONNIER Oliver BAUSSET 19.0 9 AUT 3 Matthias SCHMID Florian REICHSTEADER 21 10 ARG 61 Matias BUHLER Marcos LAMAS 23.0 11 ARG 70 Javier CONTE Juan de la FUENTE 23.0 Top 10 - 470 Women Overall: 1 GER 4978 Stefanie ROTHWEILER Vivien KUSSATZ 4.0 2 GBR 819 Christina BASSADONE Saskia CLARK 6.0 3 SWE 323 Therese TORGERSSON Vendela ZACHRISSON 9.0 4 AUT 431 Sylvia VOGL Caroline FLATSCHER 12.0 5 ISR 6 Noa BOTZER Laia TRAJTENBERG 13.0 6 ESP 1833 Marina GALLEGO Laia TUTZO 14.0 7 DEN 143 Henriette KOCH Lene SOMMER 16.0 8 JPN 4151 Ai KONDO Midori IKEMOTO 19.0 9 AUS 357 Elise RECHICHI Tessa PARKINSON 20.0 10 CZE 1 Lenka SMIDOVA Elizabeth KRATZIG 21.0 www.470euro.com www.sailing.org/rankings/ Last Updated (Thursday, 15 June 2006)
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