US Women continue fine form at 470 Worlds

by Jodi Kelly on 28 Jan 2008 Sail Melbourne Asia Pacific Regatta winners Erin Maxwell and Isabelle Kinsolving (USA) are continuing their outstanding form at the top of the 470 Women’s world championships leaderboard.

Maxwell/Kinsolving out-muscled 470 heavyweights Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout (NED) who appeared to be taking control of their fourth world title.

It was much lighter conditions today and the Americans admitted that while they were not chosen to head to Beijing, they were really only here to prove a point to themselves.

“If we win the world titles we’ll be a whole lot less bummed about missing selection for the Olympics,” Kinsolving said.

“We didn’t want to stop sailing after such a downer, so we picked ourselves up and want to finish on a more positive note,” Maxwell added with a smile.

The Dutch girls could manage only a 10th and 18th and are now four points behind on 43, three points clear of Aussie girls Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson.

Rechichi and Parkinson rose from fifth to outright third position with fabulous finishes today in fifth and second place.

Italian crew Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol remain in contention on 48 points, with two finals races remaining, followed by a double points top 10 medal race on Wednesday.

The American duo who won the US trials Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler started the regatta well but their last three results 16,14 and 19th have them in sixth place.

Racing is scheduled to start at 1pm tomorrow.

Results:

Pl	Name	Sail Num	Bow Num	Club /Cty	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Total Points	Net Points
1	MAXWELL, Erin KINSOLVING, Isabelle	USA1757	118	USA	2	(14)	3	7	4	2	8	3	1	9				53	39
2	DE KONING, Marcelien BERKHOUT, Lobke	NED11	062	NED	1	5	2	9	4	10	1	1	10	(18)				61	43
3	RECHICHI, Elise PARKINSON, Tessa	AUS357	086	AUS	4	1	3	5	9	3	14	(19)	5	2				65	46
4	CONTI, Giulia MICOL, Giovanna	ITA 23	101	ITA	1	3	6	4	1	(15)	2	8	11	12				63	48
5	PETITJEAN, Ingrid DOUROUX, Nadege	FRA4	045	FRA	14	1	8	17	5	1	6	2	(19)	14				87	68
6	CLARK, Amanda MERGENTHALER, Sarah	USA1736	117	USA	6	5	7	2	15	4	3	16	14	(19)				91	72
7	VOGL, Sylvia FLATSCHER, Carolina	AUT431	106	AUT	7	6	19	6	2	7	(22)	10	17	1				97	75
8	FERNANDA, Sesto CONSUELO, Monsegur	ARG108	094	ARG	10	10	6	12	3	7	16	6	(23)	7				100	77
9	AI, Kondo NAOKO, Kamata	JPN4151	016	JPN	19	2	5	1	8	3	13	22	(29)	5				107	78
10	LECOINTRE, Camille LEMAITRE, Gwendolyn	FRA9	041	FRA	6	9	7	9	(21)	13	7	17	8	4				101	80
11	KADELBACH, Kathrin ZIEGELMAYER, Friederike	GER21	053	GER	2	15	15	15	(18)	6	5	5	3	15				99	81
12	TORGERSSON, Therese SANTÉN, Vendela	SWE331	129	SWE	5	12	10	3	13	20	4	9	(21)	6				103	82
13	WEN, Yimei YU, Chunyan	CHN25	115	CHN	15	6	16	1	8	2	15	18	6	(24)				111	87
14	TABATA, Wakako KURITA, Naomi	JPN4317	020	JPN	10	4	1	13	10	16	(30) DNF	20	2	13				119	89
15	ROTHWEILER, Stefanie KUSSATZ, Vivien	GER4978	054	GER	4	9	1	10	11	9	23	(24)	4	22				117	93
16	BASSADONE, Christina CLARK, Saskia	GBR833	065	GBR	9	3	12	11	(20)	8	11	12	15	17				118	98
17	VIA-DUFRESNE, Natalia TUTZO, Laia	ESP1788	125	ESP	3	13	13	7	16	1	18	7	22	(29)				129	100
18	KORNECKI, Nike BOUSKILA, Vered	ISR10	033	ISR	5	2	9	14	7	10	17	(21)	20	20				125	104
19	YOSHISAKO, Yuka OKUMA, Noriko	JPN4321	022	JPN	8	(19)	17	3	11	11	19	13	12	10				123	104
20	SAARI, Hanna WULFF, Mikaela	FIN4	150	FIN	23	16	9	14	2	16	12	4	(26)	11				133	107
21	WANG, Xiaoli HUANG, Xufeng	CHN248	114	CHN	3	7	12	5	16	19	10	14	25	(26)				137	111
22	SMIDOVA, Lenka MRZILKOVA, Lenka	CZE1	096	CZE	13	10	5	13	22	12	9	(30) OCS	7	25				146	116
23	ROL, Emmanuelle THILO, Anne-Sophie	SUI12	036	SUI	9	8	24	2	15	25	(27)	23	9	3				145	118
24	HUANG, Yineng SHEN, Yijuan	CHN214	111	CHN	18	12	11	16	1	18	21	15	(24)	8				144	120
25	OMAY, Stacey HALL, Chelsea	AUS352	084	AUS	17	17	10	4	6	14	25	26	13	(28)				160	132
26	FOKKEMA, Margriet JONGENS, Marieke	NED6	059	NED	7	23	14	17	10	6	24	(27)	18	21				167	140
27	SAMPATI, Maria CHIAUA, Mirto	GRE786	014	GRE	13	25	8	11	5	18	20	25	(28)	16				169	141
28	UMB, Marjaliisa UMB, Elise	EST20	144	EST	24	24	2	19	9	5	26	(28)	16	23				176	148
29	GALLEGO DURAN, Marina ECHEGOYEN, Tamara	ESP33	121	ESP	19	(30) DSQ	4	21	6	5	30 DNF	11	27	27				180	150