Olympics- AST Update - 470 Women Win Gold

by AST Media on 18 Aug 2008 Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinon have won Australia's second sailing Gold medal today, taking victory in the Women's 470 medal race.

The Perth women, who are the youngest crew in the Australian Sailing Team at 22 and 21, went into the race with an 18 point lead. They played a safe race, covering their biggest threat The Netherlands throughout. The Australians crossed the line 9th to finish with a clear 10 point lead to claim the Gold Medal.

Rechichi and Parkinson have made their Olympic debut in Qingdao.

Both the Men's 470 and Women's 470 crews are coached by Victor Kovalenko.

A full wrap of Australia's sailing results for the day will be done once all racing is complete.

470 - Women - Overall Results
POS	Country	Skipper/Crew
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal Race	Total	Net
1	AUS	Elise Rechichi	2	2	4	1	-9	4	2	5	3	2	18	52	43
		Tessa Parkinson
2	NED	Marcelien De Koning	3	1	9	5	2	2	10	7	4	-16	10	69	53
		Lobke Berkhout
3	BRA	Fernanda Oliveira	11	-16	5	10	7	6	6	2	7	4	2	76	60
		Isabel Swan
4	ISR	Nike Kornecki	8	13	1	2	8	-19	3	1	11	15	4	85	66
		Vered Buskila
5	ITA	Giulia Conti	14	7	6	3	6	11	4	-19	12	6	6	94	75
		Giovanna Micol
6	GBR	Christina Bassadone	-20	8	3	4	15	13	8	3	15	5	8	102	82
		Saskia Clark	DSQ
7	CZE	Lenka Smidova	6	4	-12	11	11	5	11	11	9	1	14	95	83
		Lenka Mrzilkova
8	AUT	Sylvia Vogl	9	-20	13	7	1	7	1	13	6	11	16	104	84
		Carolina Flatscher		DSQ
9	GER	Stefanie Rothweiler	7	6	11	9	5	12	-20	8	8	12	12	110	90
		Vivien Kussatz							OCS
10	ESP	Natalia Via-Dufresne	4	5	2	6	13	10	13	-17	2	17	20	109	92
		Laia Tutzo

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