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Brazil and Great Britain in semi-final at ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final

'Lucy MacGregor at the helm of her British Boat © Matias Capizzano - www.capizzano.com'   
Brazilian skipper Henrique Haddad and Lucy Macgregor of Great Britain earned the two remaining semi-final places at the Grand Final of the 2009 ISAF Nations Cup in Porto Alegre.

The teams from Brazil and Great Britain won through the repechage rounds held in the Open and Women's divisions respectively on the third day of racing in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

In front of his home supporters, young Brazilian skipper Henrique Haddad rose to the occasion in Thursday's racing, winning all three of his matches in the repechage to join Damien Iehl (FRA), Alvaro Marinho (POR) and Mads Ebler (DEN) in the semi-final stage.

Haddad, who comes from the Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro, upset the odds by winning all three of his matches in the repechage against Dave Perry (USA), Mahesh Ramchandran (IND) and Manuel Weiller Vidal (ESP). The Brazilian started the Grand Final as an outside bet, with his World Ranking of #80 the lowest of any of the 10 skippers competing in the Open division. However the 22 year old has shown outstanding potential racing on the Guaiba river and will be sure of huge backing from the local support during the semi-finals.

In contrast to Haddad's success, Macgregor's progress through the Women's repechage was less of a surprise. The British skipper is the reigning European Champion and holds a world #2 ranking. She swept past the challenge of Nicky Souter (AUS), Juliana Senfft (BRA) and Rita Goncalves (POR) to win the repechage on a 3-0 record. Macgregor joins Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), Giulia Conti (ITA) and Claire Leroy (FRA) in the semi finals.

As winners of the round robin stage, Iehl and Tunnicliffe were able to choose their opponents in the semi-final. Tunnicliffe, Olympic gold medallist at Beijing in the Laser Radial dinghy, opted to face the French team of Leroy, who are the reigning World Champions and also the defenders of the Nations Cup. Conti will line up against Macgregor. In the Open Division, Iehl will line up against Marinho, leaving Haddad to face Ebler.

The semi-finals are a best-of-five race contest. Racing will be held on Friday, with the Race Committee also planning to complete the opening races of the final as unfavourable conditions are forecast for Saturday.

Find out more about the ISAF Nations Cup at www.sailing.org/nationscup




by ISAF   7:18 PM Fri 27 Mar 2009 GMT


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