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Sail-World.com : China poised for Olympic Sailing history
China poised for Olympic Sailing history
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Hong Kong sailor Lee Lai-shan won Women’s windsurfing gold in Atlanta in 1996, showing that lightly framed Asian sailors had the physique to win on the ‘planks; and since then China has been hunting for medals. China has already won two Olympic silver medals in widsurfing, with Zhang Xiaodong in Barcelona in 1992 and Yin in Athens in 2004 and today's Laser Radial bronze won by Qingdao's own Lijia Xu .
This afternoon RS: X series leader Yin Jian (CHN) won the final race of the 2008 Beijing Olympic ten race RS: X sailing regatta afternoon, putting her five points ahead of Alessandra Sensini (ITA) who is just three points of Britain’s Bryony Shaw, with Australia’s Jessica Crisp, five points behind her.
In tomorrow’s Yin Jian will receive enormous support from China supporters, poised as she is to make Olympic sailing history. She is already a Chinese superstar, attracting more and more media in the post race scrum. She’s found it impossible to carry her windsurfer to the boat park because of the pressing media throng and tomorrow will be a huge day.
The RS:X Womens Medal race will possibly the most watched Olympic sailing event in history, and will for many of the audience be the first time they have watched a sailing event.
Perhaps it’s just as well that by their nature wind surfers do not lend themselves to match racing, because the sailor who pumps harder, goes faster and so the large crowds cheering for their local heroine will be spared the unedifying spectacle of the series leader hunting the second placed sailor and sailing them out of the regatta.
Yin Jian says ‘I am not confident in light conditions.’ but her competitors and her race result say otherwise.
Senseni was being realistic today when she commented ‘The Chinese girl is great in light wind and she is physically stronger than I am, so I will just have to go and try my best. ‘
The Australian Crisp, says ‘Yin Jian ands I are strongest in light winds, we pump hardest, so I might be fourth now but I know I can improve my position tomorrow.’
| RS:X - Women - Overall Results |
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| POS |
Country |
REP |
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Total |
Net |
| 1 |
CHN |
Jian Yin |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
-13 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
46 |
33 |
| 2 |
ITA |
Alessandra Sensini |
6 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
-28 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
66 |
38 |
| DSQ |
| 3 |
GBR |
Bryony Shaw |
4 |
3 |
11 |
6 |
-28 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
69 |
41 |
| OCS |
| 4 |
AUS |
Jessica Crisp |
2 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
-14 |
6 |
5 |
60 |
46 |
| 5 |
ESP |
Marina Alabau |
3 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
-11 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
57 |
46 |
| 6 |
NZL |
Barbara Kendall |
12 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
-21 |
84 |
63 |
| 7 |
POL |
Zofia Klepacka |
-17 |
16 |
17 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
83 |
66 |
| 8 |
UKR |
Olga Maslivets |
5 |
6 |
-14 |
11 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
87 |
73 |
| 9 |
HKG |
Wai Kei Chan |
10 |
10 |
6 |
13 |
7 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
-14 |
4 |
89 |
75 |
| 10 |
ISR |
Maayan Davidovich |
13 |
9 |
-20 |
9 |
13 |
14 |
16 |
4 |
9 |
10 |
117 |
97 |
| 11 |
FRA |
Faustine Merret |
8 |
-28 |
10 |
7 |
11 |
19 |
17 |
18 |
7 |
3 |
128 |
100 |
| DSQ |
| 12 |
BUL |
Irina Konstantinova Bontemps |
-18 |
8 |
8 |
15 |
18 |
17 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
13 |
119 |
101 |
| 13 |
JPN |
Yasuko Kosuge |
9 |
12 |
4 |
17 |
14 |
-18 |
18 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
120 |
102 |
| 14 |
NOR |
Jannicke Stalstrom |
7 |
-28 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
10 |
15 |
13 |
21 |
18 |
135 |
107 |
| DSQ |
| 15 |
GRE |
Antonia Athena Frey |
15 |
15 |
16 |
10 |
-19 |
5 |
11 |
9 |
15 |
11 |
126 |
107 |
| 16 |
FIN |
Tuuli Petaja |
14 |
11 |
7 |
-16 |
16 |
16 |
12 |
16 |
11 |
14 |
133 |
117 |
| 17 |
CAN |
Nikola Girke |
11 |
14 |
13 |
14 |
12 |
15 |
13 |
-28 |
18 |
15 |
153 |
125 |
| DNF |
| 18 |
BRA |
Patricia Freitas |
20 |
13 |
15 |
-23 |
6 |
7 |
21 |
17 |
16 |
20 |
158 |
135 |
| 19 |
DEN |
Bettina Honor |
21 |
18 |
21 |
18 |
20 |
9 |
14 |
15 |
-22 |
6 |
164 |
142 |
| 20 |
THA |
Napalai Tansai |
16 |
17 |
18 |
-24 |
8 |
22 |
19 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
193 |
169 |
| 21 |
CYP |
Gavriella Chadjidamianou |
19 |
22 |
23 |
22 |
15 |
23 |
-25 |
22 |
20 |
16 |
207 |
182 |
| 22 |
HUN |
Diana Detre |
22 |
20 |
19 |
21 |
22 |
25 |
-26 |
20 |
17 |
19 |
211 |
185 |
| 23 |
MEX |
Demita Vega |
23 |
21 |
25 |
25 |
17 |
21 |
20 |
19 |
19 |
-26 |
216 |
190 |
| 24 |
RUS |
Tatiana Bazyuk |
24 |
23 |
24 |
19 |
21 |
20 |
22 |
21 |
-25 |
24 |
223 |
198 |
| 25 |
ARG |
Florencia Gutierrez |
27 |
19 |
27 |
20 |
23 |
26 |
23 |
-28 |
24 |
27 |
244 |
216 |
| DNF |
| 26 |
USA |
Nancy Damian Rios |
25 |
24 |
22 |
26 |
24 |
27 |
-28 |
28 |
26 |
22 |
252 |
224 |
| DNF |
DNF |
| 27 |
TUR |
Sedef Koktenturk |
26 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
-28 |
24 |
24 |
28 |
27 |
25 |
260 |
232 |
| OCS |
DNF |
by Rob Kothe
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