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Sail-World.com : Laser Worlds - Day 2 balancing act
Laser Worlds - Day 2 balancing act
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Laser World Championships - Across today’s two testing qualifying heats off Hayling Island, England it was avoiding the early high score discard that was top of the agenda for most sailors.
But with big differences in the strength of the modest sea-breeze on different sides of the race course that was never going to be an easy goal to achieve.
After another picture postcard English summer’s day gentle SE’ly thermal breeze, puffy white clouds, shimmering sea and warm sunshine, Croatia’s Luka Radelic stands at the top of the overall leaderboard, a single point ahead of Kiwi duo Joshua Junior and Michael Bullot.
But rather than being content with his overall position the leader’s mood was decidedly sombre. His 42nd in the first heat today, discarded in favour of his 2,2,1 to date had left himself with no latitude for further weighty scores during the eight races four day qualifying phase.
Among those who managed to stay at or very near the top across both races were New Zealand’s rising hope Joshua Junior, who backed up his win in Race 3 with a second to lead his compatriot Michael Bullot by two points.
Although he could scarcely contain his smiles and described his day as ‘awesome’ the young Kiwi has a 22nd as his discard.
Bullot, 2009 World Championship runner up, and Junior form today’s vanguard of a strong Kiwi Laser squad vying for 2012 Olympic selection with seven sailors here pushing each other incessantly and four of them in the top 12 after four races.
Skandia Team GBR’s Paul Goodison, World and Olympic champion, had to work hard to preserve a scoreline consisting entirely of single figures. He found himself on the wrong side of the course, away from the best of the wind pressure in his first heat today but battled back to a ninth, a useful discard to have in reserve. His title defence remains firmly on track, one point ahead of Austria’s 2004 Olympic silver medallist Andreas Geritzer who profited nicely in the 4-7kts breezes, reading the strong tidal flow well, to earn second and a first also today.
In the sometimes fickle breezes there were opportunities to be seized straight off the start line. Malaysia’s Nik Azizan Ashraf Qaedi was delighted to sail to his first ever major championships race win in his fleet, raising a megawatt smile as he hosed down his boat ashore. His single 1 score may stand proud between three placings in the 30’s and 40’s but it boosted his confidence no end, and will be a great spur through to the end of the regatta.
In the Junior World Championships Denmark’s Magnus Kaeldso leads overall, keeping firmly grounded to reality after a first and second today allowed him to draw clear of Italy’s Francesco Marrai.
Laser World Championships, Hayling Island
Standard Open – Provisional Results after four races 1 discard
1.Luka Radelic (CRO) 2,2,(42), 1, 5pts
2.Joshua Junior (NZL) 3,(22),1,2,6pts
3.Michael Bullot (NZL) 1,2,5,(13),8pts
4.Paul Goodison (GBR) 3,1,(9)4,8pts
5.Andreas Geritzer (AUT) (33), 6,2,1,9pts
6.Nick Thompson (GBR) 2,3, (25), 6, 11pts
7.Pavlos Kontides (CYP) 4,3(21) 4 11pts
8.Tom Slingsby (AUS) 1,8(29)3, 12pts
9.Andrew Murdoch (NZL) 6,4 (11)2,12pts
10.Aron Lollic (CRO) (7),6,3,3,12pts
Junior World Championship – Provisional Results after four races 1 discard
1. Magnus Kaeldso (DEN)2,(15),1,2,5
2.Francesco Marrai (ITA)2,3,(7),5,10
3.Thorbjoern Schierup (DEN)3,3,6,(19)12
4.Lukas Feuerherdt (GER)1,5,(41)8,14
5. Marko Peresa (CRO)(11),9,2,3,14
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