Delta Lloyd Regatta - 470 Women's gold for Broekhuizen and Jongens

by Delta Lloyd Regatta on 25 May 2014 Michelle Broekhuizen and Marieke Jongens (NED) had dominated the 470 women all week at the Delta Lloyd Regatta and went into the medal race with an eight point lead from Afrodite Kyranakou and Anneloes van Veen (NED).

The next four boats were within four points of each other, so there was the potential for some big changes, and that is how it played out. Anna Burnet and Flora Stewart (GBR) led for most of the medal race with Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler (SUI) never far behind. Both Dutch teams however were having problems especially Kyranakou and van Veen, who were near the back. At the finish Burnet and Stewart crossed first to take the bronze, Fahrni and Siegenthaler were second to take the silver and Broekhuizen and Jongens finished fourth to seal the gold. After being in second overall all week, Kyranakou and van Veen could only manage eighth and dropped to fourth.

Broekhuizen and Jongens started a campaign together last year in Medemblik. The Delta Lloyd Regatta 2014 was their sixth regatta in the 470. 'We still have to learn a lot. The fleet here wasn’t that big, but we did well the whole week. We won four races and didn’t want to much risk in the medal race’,’ Jongens said. Broekhuizen, a former Laser-sailer: 'This year we were at the World Cups in Palma and Hyeres. We brought those experiences with us to Medemblik. This is a great moment for us. Our big target is the Worlds in Santander.’’

Results - 470 Women

Results including one discard when five races are completed.

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew			R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Points
1	NED	NED6	BROEKHUIZEN Michelle	JONGENS Marieke		1	1	1	1	(4)	8	12
2	SUI	SUI5	FAHRNI Linda	SIEGENTHALER Maja		3	4	5	3	(8)	4	19
3	GBR	GBR853	BURNET Anna	STEWART Flora		9	7	2	(OCS)	1	2	21
4	NED	NED216	KYRANAKOU Afrodite	van VEEN Anneloes		2	2	(7)	6	2	16	28
5	ITA	ITA52	KOMATAR Francesca	CARRARO Sveva		7	3	(9)	4	3	14	31
6	ESP	ESP27	PUMARIEGA Angela	CANTERO Patricia		(8)	5	4	2	5	18	34
7	POL	POL11	SKRZYPULEC Agnieszka	WOJCIK Natalia		6	10	8	(OCS)	6	6	36
8	ITA	ITA6	BERTA Elena	PAOLILLO Giulia		5	6	6	(9)	9	10	36
9	ITA	ITA16	CAPUTO Roberta	SINNO Alice		(11)	8	3	7	7	12	37
10	CRO	CRO111	NINCEVIC Enia	ZUPAN Romania		4	9	(11)	5	10	20	48
11	GER	GER26	MARKFORT Greta	MARKFORT Anna		10	11	10	10	(12)	1	42
12	GER	GER95	OSTER Fabienne	LAUBER Alexandra		(13)	12	12	8	11	3	46
13	NED	NED75	SPEELMAN Jeanine	LEITNER Anna		12	(14)	13	11	13	DNC	54
14	NED	NED1100	BOER Marrit	van der WERF Jenny		14	13	14	12	(DNC)	2	55

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