Tingley wins 2.4mR Gold Medal for Canada

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World on 13 Sep 2008
Paul Tingley (CAN) has won the Gold Medal in the singlehanded 2.4mR keelboat after a closely contested final day in the 2008 Paralympics in Qingdao.

Tingley won the final race of the regatta to take the ten race series by four points from Damien Seguin (FRA) with John Ruf (USA) in third place. Heiko Kroger (GER) finished equal on points with Ruf, however the USA sailor had two wins in the regatta and this was sufficent to break the tie in his favour.

Conditions were 11-13 kts winds - easily the strongest of the regatta, and testing the seamanship of the competitors in the very low-wooded and wet 2.4mR class. The top five sailors all contested the top places in the racing today, with Seguin and Tingley winning Races 9 and 10 respectively in a series which was shortened by one race.

2.4mR FLEET OVERALL

As of 13 SEP 2008

AFTER 10 RACES

Place	Name	Pos	NPC Code				Points per Race								Total Pts	Net Pts
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	TINGLEY Paul	S	CAN	1	1	5	2	(9)	(9)	2	4	5	1		39	21
2	SEGUIN Damien	S	FRA	4	4	3	4	6	(17) OCS	(11)	1	1	2		53	25
3	RUF John	S	USA	2	6	1	(9)	1	7	(10)	3	4	4		47	28
4	KROGER Heiko	S	GER	3	2	(11)	6	4	3	1	(11)	2	7		50	28
5	SCHMITTER Thierry	S	NED	5	3	2	(10)	7	1	5	(12)	6	3		54	32
6	ALS ANDERSEN Jens	S	DEN	(9)	7	6	1	2	6	3	5	(9)	9		57	39
7	LUCAS Helena	S	GBR	(10)	5	7	7	3	4	(12)	2	8	5		63	41
8	ERIKSTAD Bjornar	S	NOR	6	8	(16)	(13)	8	2	9	6	13	12		93	64
9	REGUERO Julio	S	PUR	7	(17) OCS	13	5	5	8	(15)	7	7	13		97	65
10	OLMI Fabrizio	S	ITA	8	9	8	(16)	12	11	13	(16)	3	6		102	70
11	QI Mingxue	S	CHN	11	11	4	(15)	(15)	5	4	13	14	10		102	72
12	HILL Aaron	S	AUS	(12)	10	10	8	10	(13)	6	8	10	11		98	73
13	DELIKOURAS Georgios	S	GRE	(15)	13	9	3	13	(14)	7	14	12	8		108	79
14	PEGAN Zoltan	S	HUN	13	(15)	12	11	14	(15)	8	10	11	14		123	93
15	FERNANDEZ Emilio	S	ESP	14	12	15	12	11	10	(16)	9	(16)	15		130	98
16	MATTILA Juhani	S	FIN	(16)	14	14	14	(16)	12	14	15	15	16		146	114